Political Actors Using Abure to Weaken Labour Party – Ndubuaku

Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, the deputy president of the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission, has argued that some individuals are funding the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party in an effort to undermine the party.
He made the argument in an interview with Punch on Monday, when he discussed the turmoil engulfing the Labour Party and the reasons behind the Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) refusal to acknowledge Abure as the party’s National Chairman.
According to Ndubuaku, Abure is merely operating a publicity apparatus, and the truth will be exposed shortly.

“The folks behind Abure are known to us. I am unsure if you are aware of Abure’s indictment by the Inspector General of Police when I speak to you. Know? “I said that during the interview.”
Furthermore, Abure has not been charged in court despite the current indictment against him, according to Professor Ndubuaku. Abure, he further claimed, falsified court records.

Yes. It isn’t vacated yet. He is never brought before a judge. That was the formal wording of an indictment letter. He was not prosecuted, however. The Abure in question is the same one who falsified court records. We’re waiting to see what the court says and whether it will try to pressure him into joining the Labour Party. “This man has been rejected by the sole governor in his party,” he continued.

The recent decision by the Appeal Court regarding the leadership of the Labour Party, according to Ndubuaku, is not a support for Abure’s stance.

to bringing the case to the Supreme Court, the attorneys are reviewing the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the ruling, he continued.

He claims that what sets the Labour Party apart from other political parties in the nation is that it was started and is owned by workers.

“This propaganda machine of Abure’s can distort anything,” he continued. The first question to ask yourself if you are considering a Supreme Court case is: what is the ruling? You have to view the ruling you plan to present to the Supreme Court. According to the Appeal Court, the matter of LP leadership before the lower courts was only an academic exercise, thus it shouldn’t have been there in the first place, based on their own arguments.

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This implies that the entire matter of Abure being the LP’s leader is irrelevant in that ruling. We simply waited to see and examine the CTC before acting.

“They also stated that the court had neither authority nor any business with a party’s leadership decision. As a result, if the Appeal Court declares that a lower court has no commercial dealings with a party’s leadership, the Appeal Court no longer ought to do so either. They therefore cannot rule on a matter that they claim is outside the purview of a subordinate court.

“The issue now returns to the consent judgment that is still in effect, which is a decision that cannot be challenged. It is a consent judgment, so it cannot be vacated and has not been vacated. Abure did not inherit it; rather, he signed and entered into it.

“There is a limit to the extent to which you can try to destroy or succeed in destroying a party, particularly if that party is part of an institution, in light of the fact that Abure is being supported by those who wish to undermine the Labour Party. Perhaps you won’t know who founded or owns it when they pass away because this isn’t a party that a group of individuals came together to start. This is not a party where you may join without institutional membership. Instead of having individual members in its organs, this party has its owners as permanent members.