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STATEMENT FROM THE LABOUR PARTY
The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been called to a press statement purportedly signed by one Ken Enuma Asogwa who claimed to be a media aide to one Ms Nenadi Usman who is claiming to be the National Chairman of the Labour Party even when she is not a member of the Party.
The so called press statement was a clear attempt to blackmail the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the acting Chairman of INEC, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu for obeying a validly issued court order. The statement was also crafted to embarrass His Lordship, the judge of the High court and as well to bring the court to public opprobrium and ridicule.
Ms Nenadi Usman, through her aide, Asogwa had called for the arrest of Mrs Agbamuche-Mbu for, according to them for ‘criminally colluding with Barrister Julius Abure’ to rightfully carry out her job in line with the laws governing the electoral commission.
We think that this political zealotry and abuse of privilege was an act carried too far hence there must be consequences for unguarded and reckless aspersions. Consequently we have instructed our Counsel to write Mr. Asogwa who is also a lawyer to within the next 72 hours retract the highly offensive and embarrassing statement without which we will be left with no other choice but to petition him to the Nigerian Bar Association for describing a validly issued order of a court as FAKE.
We view his action as an attempt to bring the judiciary to disrepute. This is moreso for a lawyer who is supposed to defend the integrity of the judiciary. He ought to sufficiently know that lawyers argue their matters in court and not on the social media. Dragging the integrity of the court in the social space, all because of politics is very unfortunate. He is no longer worthy to be a minister in the temple of justice and if he can denigrate His Lordship in a manner he has done, it shows that he ought to face a disciplinary action.
We also noticed that the said lawyer displayed a high level of ignorance by not making his research to know the details about the court order before exposing his ignorance. If Nenadi Usman and her co travellers want to lead a political party like the Labour Party, they ought to know better and do better by doing proper research. Is that how they will play the role of opposition, if they become an opposition party?
We have also noted Asogwa’s penchant in labelling some persons, including the National Chairman of our party, Barrister Abure as criminals even when no court in Nigeria has found him/them as such. A lawyer should sufficiently know that until a court finds someone guilty, it is an offence to arrogate to yourself the power to pronounce such person(s) guilty. We will however come back to that at a later date.
For some reasons, we have refrained from joining issues with Nenadi and her misinformed aides who often shop for cheap publicity, however we are pained that this time, they are dragging Judiciary and INEC into their mess. INEC should not be intimidated because they are doing the right thing by obeying a validly issued court order. We don’t expect anything less than what they are doing.
To Nenadi Usman and her reggae boys, including one Tony Akeni, if things don’t go their way, they resort to bullying, blackmailing and intimidation. Instead of taking a simple advice by INEC to produce one single ruling or order that explicitly stated that Nenadi Usman is now Labour Party chairman; of course none exists. They have resorted to gerrymandering and dancing naked.
We implore Nenadi to for once act civil and call her attack dogs to order before it is too late.
Sign:
Obiora Ifoh
National Publicity Secretary
Labour Party.
23/10/2025
