The Julius Abure-led Labour Party, LP, has warned it will take legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, if its candidates are left out of the August 16 bye-election ballot.
INEC had on the 2nd of August, 2025, released a list for the upcoming bye-election without the LP candidates’ names, prompting a protest march to the commission’s Abuja headquarters last week.
The affected candidates are said to have emerged from primaries organised by the Abure-led National Working Committee, NWC, despite the ongoing leadership dispute within the party.
In a statement on Tuesday, the 12th of August, 2025, the factional National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, urged INEC to publish the candidates’ names and ensure the party’s logo is included on the ballot.
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He stressed that the Electoral Act 2022 empowers any party excluded from an election to seek legal redress.
“The leadership of the Labour Party has advised that if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, goes ahead to conduct the August 16, 2025, bye-election without publishing the names of its candidates and ensuring that its logo appears on the ballot, it will seek the nullification of the election in line with the provision of the law,” the statement read.