The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has threatened legal action against the Interim National Chairman of the party, Senator Nenadi Usman, and two of her aides over their attacks on the judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
National Publicity Secretary of the Abure faction, Obiora Ifoh, issued the threat in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
Ifoh, responding to an earlier statement signed by Senator Usman’s media aide, said Usman and her team were arrogating powers they do not possess.
Usman had called for the arrest of Abure and the Acting Chairman of INEC, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, accusing them of allegedly conspiring to subvert justice in the party’s leadership tussle.
Ifoh said, “The so-called press statement was a clear attempt to blackmail INEC and the Acting Chairman for merely obeying a validly issued court order.
“The statement was also crafted to embarrass His Lordship, the High Court judge, and to bring the court into public opprobrium and ridicule.
“Ms Nenadi Usman, through her aide Asogwa, called for the arrest of Mrs Agbamuche-Mbu for, according to them, ‘criminally colluding with Barrister Julius Abure’ to rightfully carry out her duties in line with the laws governing the electoral commission.
“Consequently, we have instructed our counsel to write to Mr. Asogwa, who is also a lawyer, to retract the highly offensive and embarrassing statement within the next 72 hours, failing which we will have no choice but to petition the Nigerian Bar Association for describing a validly issued court order as FAKE.
“We view his action as an attempt to bring the judiciary into disrepute—especially concerning for a lawyer who is expected to defend the integrity of the judiciary.
“He ought to know that lawyers argue their matters in court, not on social media. Dragging the integrity of the court into the public space for political reasons is very unfortunate.”
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