The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to recognise Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party, despite retaining his name on the list of political party chairmen on its website.

This is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in response to Labour Party’s suit, challenging its exclusion from INEC’s refresher training for uploading party agents, ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections.

INEC insisted in the document that Abure’s tenure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party expired in June 2024.

The Labour Party has been entangled in a fresh leadership tussle since June, when the party’s congress in Anambra state extended the tenure of the Julius Abure led executive.