Politics
Labour Party sends new leadership list to INEC
The Labour Party (LP) faction led by Senator Nenadi Usman has forwarded a 34-member Interim National Working Committee (INWC) list to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for official recognition.
The document, signed by Senator Usman as Interim National Chairman and Darlington Nwokocha as Interim National Secretary, was dated November 27 and addressed to INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan.
INEC stamped the submission as received on Friday, November 28, 2025.
In the covering letter, the Usman-led team said the move followed the provisions of the party’s constitution and a National Executive Council (NEC) decision taken on July 18, 2025, which they claim empowered them to set up an interim national leadership. They urged INEC to accept the submitted list as the authentic leadership of the Labour Party.
The move was a sequel to a rival NEC meeting convened by Comrade Julius Abure on Thursday, which reaffirmed him as national chairman.
Usman and Nwochocha’s leadership enjoys the support of Abia State Governor Alex Otti, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other stakeholders.
The fresh list, which was signed by Usman and Nwokocha, noted that the new names “superseded” an earlier abridged list submitted in August and the ones recently submitted by Abure to the commission.
In the cover letter, the Usman-led leadership reminded the commission that the committee arose from the “statutory NEC resolutions of Friday 18th July, 2025” and was in line with the Labour Party constitution.
“We are pleased to forward herewith the names and designations of the reconstituted members of the Interim National Leadership in line with the LP constitution and the statutory NEC resolutions of July 18, 2025, already forwarded to the commission in the party’s correspondence and acknowledged by the commission on July 21, 2025,” Usman wrote.
She added that the NEC had empowered the interim leadership to “constitute the full body of the interim national leadership in accordance with Article 13 of the Labour Party constitution.”
Senator Usman urged INEC to “take legal and official notice” of the forwarded names as the “legitimate and authentic Interim National Working Committee leadership of the Labour Party.”
Aside from Usman and Nwokocha, the 34-member list includes Deputy National Chairman (TUC) Mohammed Misau, Deputy National Chairman (Female) Mrs Nike Oriola and Deputy National Chairman (NLC), Prof Theophilus Ndubuaku.
Other members of the INWC include Eragbe Anselem, Sarah Bago, Hajia Aishat Madije, Hamisu San Turaki, Ife Salako, Chinelo Oforche, Eric Ifere, Edwin Bafteng, Gloria George-Omunu, Joseph Ndirang, Aminu Kanya, Prof. Austin Akubue, Mrs Martina Umana and Femi Kehinde, among others.
The submission of the list came barely 24 hours after another camp of the party, led by the National Chairman, Julius Abure, held a fresh NEC meeting in Abuja attended by INEC officials and former vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.
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