ABUJA — The Labour Party State Chairmen Forum (LPSCF) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take decisive action against the faction led by Caretaker Committee Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, following her attempt to reschedule a fresh congress of the party.
The forum, made up of all State Chairmen elected during the party’s Congresses on 6 December 2025, described a memo from Senator Usman seeking to hold a new congress from 26 March 2026 as unconstitutional and in violation of Nigeria’s laws.
National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, reiterated in a statement on Monday that Senator Usman had never been a member of the party. He criticized her repeated attempts to act outside the party constitution, saying:
“It is only the National Executive Committee (NEC) empowered by the party constitution to fix dates, times, and rules for congresses. States’, Local Government, and Ward executives have four-year tenures, and a notice for another congress cannot be valid while the tenure of those elected in December 2025 still subsists. This was the kernel of INEC’s letter to her, Nenadi, dated 16 February 2025.”
The State Chairmen Forum urged INEC to consider appointing a commission officer to oversee Labour Party affairs, warning that any congress organized by Senator Usman would be “dead on arrival.”
“It is unlawful and an aberration that a Caretaker Committee seeks to summarily dismiss duly elected executives and unilaterally appoint its own committee,” the forum stated. “Nigeria is not a lawless nation. The tenure of elected officers is sacrosanct, guaranteed in the Labour Party constitution, and there is no provision granting a Caretaker Committee powers to dissolve elected party structures across the federation.”
INEC had previously rejected Senator Usman’s request to hold congresses, reminding her that the Caretaker Committee has no authority to act on behalf of the party.
