A faction of the Labour Party (LP) has officially forwarded a 34-member list to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for recognition as the party’s Interim National Working Committee (INWC).
The submission was detailed in a communiqué dated November 27, 2025, signed by Interim National Chairman Senator Nenadi Usman and Interim National Secretary Darlington Nwokocha. INEC acknowledged receipt of the document on Friday, November 28, 2025.
In the accompanying letter, the Usman-led faction said the move was backed by the LP constitution and a National Executive Council (NEC) resolution dated July 18, 2025, which, according to them, granted authority to constitute an interim national leadership.
Usman wrote, “We are pleased to forward the names and designations of the reconstituted Interim National Leadership in line with the LP constitution and the statutory NEC resolutions of July 18, 2025, already acknowledged by the commission.”
She added that the NEC resolution empowered the faction to “constitute the full body of the interim national leadership in accordance with Article 13 of the Labour Party constitution.”
The development comes shortly after a rival NEC meeting convened by Julius Abure reaffirmed him as National Chairman, intensifying the ongoing leadership tussle within the party.
The Usman faction maintained that its Interim National Leadership arose from “statutory NEC resolutions of Friday, July 18, 2025,” and urged INEC to recognise the submitted names as the legitimate Interim National Working Committee.
Among the 34 names submitted are Deputy National Chairman (TUC) Mohammed Misau, Deputy National Chairman (Female) Mrs. Nike Oriola, and Deputy National Chairman (NLC) Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku.
Other members listed 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 list submission came less than 24 hours after the Abure-led camp held its own NEC meeting in Abuja, attended by INEC representatives and former vice-presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed.
