The Labour Party has alleged that May Agbamuche-Mbu, the acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, is working in collusion with Julius Abure, the party’s former national chairman, to disregard a Supreme Court judgment that terminated Abure’s tenure.
In a statement released on Thursday, the party’s interim national chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, described the development as “a brazen assault on Nigerian democracy.”
Usman claimed that Agbamuche-Mbu convened a meeting with leaders of 18 registered political parties on October 14, 2025, during which Abure was “curiously invited.” She further stated that the following day, the INEC acting chairman defended her actions by citing an alleged order from the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada, purportedly directing INEC to recognize Abure as the LP chairman.
According to Usman, an internal inquiry by the party revealed that “no such court order exists.”
“While it is true that Mr. Abure filed a suit against INEC in Suit No: CV/1914/2025 before Justice Kayode Agunloye of Court 40, FCT High Court, Gwagwalada, our formal request for a certified true copy (CTC) of any order purportedly recognising him as chairman was met with a categorical confirmation from the court that no such order was ever granted,” the statement read.
The LP leader accused Agbamuche-Mbu of relying on a “fabricated and non-existent order” to justify an unlawful and politically motivated decision.
“Although it would have still been null and void even if such order existed, especially in the face of the Supreme Court’s unambiguous judgement of April 4, 2025, which conclusively upheld Senator Nenadi Usman’s leadership of the Labour Party, it smacks of fraud, scant regard for our laws, meddlesomeness, and partisanship,” the statement added.
Usman described the situation as a “new low” for the electoral body and demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of Agbamuche-Mbu for alleged “complicity in the criminal forgery of a court order.”
The party further instructed its members and supporters to begin mobilization for what it termed a “peaceful occupation” of the INEC headquarters in Abuja until the acting chairman faces prosecution and the commission complies with the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming Usman’s leadership.
“As the incoming substantive chairman of INEC prepares to assume office, we urge him to urgently address this grave injustice and purge the commission of elements of destabilisation led by Mrs. Agbamuche-Mbu and her co-conspirators,” the statement concluded.
