May 22, 2026
By John Alechenu
Labour Party has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, and the Department of State Services, DSS, over alleged illegal distribution of nomination forms by a former national chairman of the party, Julius Abure.
The party also rescheduled primary elections to Saturday, May 30, 2026, saying the governorship and state House of Assembly primaries earlier fixed for May 27, as well as presidential and National Assembly primaries slated for May 29, would now hold simultaneously on the said date.
The party’s National Chairman, Sen. Nenadi Usman, who addressed newsmen on the sidelines of the party’s screening of aspirants for primaries, yesterday in Abuja, said that copies of the petitions written to the IGP and the DSS had also been forwarded to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
