PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LABOUR PARTY
The National Executive Council meeting of the Labour Party has dissolved the Esther Nenadi Usman Caretaker Committee. The NEC also reaffirms its confidence in the National Working Committee of the party led by Barrister Julius Abure.
In a Release issued by the Secretary of the NEC Forum, Alhaji Abdulrahim Imam Chindo, the NEC comprising the elected states chairmen and their Secretary through its resolutions adopted at the end of Labour Party NEC virtual meeting held on Tuesday, 17th March 2026, also called on the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure to issue relevant notices to INEC for the conduct of Primaries for the 2027 General Election in line with INEC timetable.
The resolution reads:
The following resolutions were adopted.Arising from the Tribune publication on the 6th March 2026, calling for both virtual and physical NEC meeting, this virtual meeting became imperative.
The meeting was attended by the State Chairmen and Secretaries validly elected on the 6th December 2025, including other prominent members of the Party.
NEC in session reviewed the activities of the Caretaker Committee and concluded that it had done incalculable damage to the Party since its inception illegally.
NEC consequently dissolved the Esther Nenadi Usman Caretaker Committee.NEC in session reaffirms its confidence in the National Working Committee led by Barrister Julius Abure, elected in the National Convention held on the 27th March 2024 and reaffirmed by the NEC meeting of the Party held on the 28th of November 2025, monitored by INEC.
NEC in session mandated Barrister Julius Abure and Umar Farouk Ibrahim to pursue the appeal pending at the Court of Appeal in order to set aside the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu on the 21st January 2026.
NEC in session further mandated Barrister Julius Abure and Umar Farouk Ibrahim to issue the relevant notices to INEC for the conduct of Primaries for the 2027 General Election in line with INEC timetable when the Federal High Court judgment is set aside.
NEC nullified all notices hitherto issued to INEC by the Esther Nenadi Usman Caretaker Committee.
Signed
Alhaji Abdulrahim Imam Chindo
Secretary, NEC Forum
17/03/2026.
