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The Labour Party has descended into another major internal shake-up as its Board of Trustees (BoT) and statutory National Executive Council (NEC) moved decisively to dissolve the Interim National Working Committee (iNWC) led by Senator Nenadi Esther Usman, barely days after the same leadership body announced its reconstitution and issued fresh resolutions on party reorganisation.

In a strongly worded official communication to relevant authorities and party stakeholders, the Labour Party BoT and NEC confirmed the “expiration and dissolution of the interim National Working Committee (iNWC) of the Labour Party headed by Sen. Nenadi Esther Usman as interim National Chairman and Sen. Nwaokocha Darlington as interim National Secretary”

The letter, signed by Comrade S.O.Z. Ejiofor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Comrade Salisu Mohammed, Secretary of the Board, made clear that the decision was not sudden but the culmination of prolonged dissatisfaction with the leadership’s performance.

According to the party’s custodians, the initial mandate given to the Nenadi Usman-led interim leadership had long expired.

“You will recall that a three months (90 days) time frame was given to your committee on September 4, 2024 at Umuahia, Abia State, to organize nationwide congresses and national convention to elect substantive officers of our party nationwide, but failed to achieve the said objectives after over 400 days or well more than a year,” the BoT stated.

Despite this failure, the party disclosed that the statutory NEC, in a controversial move on July 18, 2025, had again “re-appointed” the same interim leadership for another 90 days, in what was described as a last opportunity for redemption.

“In spite of this failure, the statutory NEC meeting of the Labour Party, which held on July 18, 2025 at Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, re-appointed you to lead the iNWC of the party for another period of 90 days to accomplish the same task,” the letter added.

That reappointment and the accompanying resolutions on restructuring and appointments were contained in the NEC’s official decision document of July 18, 2025.

However, the party BoT now describes the outcome of that extension as disastrous.

The BoT accused the dissolved leadership of “overwhelming incompetence”, claiming it directly led to “party members’ plunging loss of faith and unabated desertion of our party nationwide to other political parties” and crippled the party’s goal of preparing effectively for the 2027 general elections.

In one of the most damning assessments of the Nenadi-led administration, the party hierarchy said the action was taken “to save the Labour Party from further derailment, nationwide desertion and the destruction of Nigeria workers’ last hope to rescue our country to the path of progress through true democratic governance”.

The dissolution directive was firm and immediate.

The interim leadership, according to the BoT, has now been formally instructed to “halt every activity in the name of the Labour Party and handover all documents of the party in your possession to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT)”.

While acknowledging their past contributions, the letter made it clear that the Nenadi Usman era had come to an end, concluding with the statement: “While thanking you for your contributions in the past, we wish you well in your future endeavours…”.

With the iNWC now officially dissolved, the party said “the statutory NEC of the party will meet in due course to constitute a new National Working Committee in accordance with the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act 2022”.

This latest development has thrown the Labour Party into renewed uncertainty, raising urgent questions about leadership stability, legal legitimacy, and its ability to reposition itself as a serious contender ahead of the 2027 elections. Political observers warn that unless decisive, constitutionally-backed leadership is installed quickly, the party risks further fragmentation.

Recall that the Nenadi-led Labour Party had days ago submited full list of its reconstituted Interim National Working Committee  to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

According to the party, formally transmitted complete list of its reconstituted Interim National Working Committee (iNWC) to INEC was in line with the party’s constitution and resolutions of its statutory National Executive Council (NEC).

In its letter dated November 27, 2025, and addressed to the INEC Chairman, the Nnamdi led party leadership reaffirmed that the interim leadership emerged following the NEC meeting of July 18, 2025, held in compliance with the April 4, 2025, Supreme Court Judgement in Suit No. SC/CV/56/2025 and in accordance with the provisions of the Labour Party Constitution 2019 (as amended) Article 13.

The party noted that although an abridged list of interim officials had previously been submitted to INEC on August 4, 2025, the newly forwarded document supersedes earlier submissions and represents the legitimate and authentic composition of the Interim NWC.

The full List of the submitted Interim Labour Party Interim National Working Committee Members are:

(1):- Sen. Nenadi Usman, PhD – National Chairman
(2): – Sen. Darlington Nwokocha – National Secretary
(3): – Comr. Mohammed Usman Misau – Deputy National Chairman (TUC)
(4): – Mrs Nike Oriola – Deputy National Chairman (Female)
(5): – Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku – Deputy National Chairman (NLC)
(6): – Comr. Eragbe Anslem Aphimia – National Youth Leader
(7): – Sarah Samuel Bago – National Woman Leader
(8): – Hajia Aishat Madije – National Financial Secretary
(9): – Hamisu San Turaki – National Treasurer
(10): – Mr Ife Salako – National Publicity Secretary
(11): – Arch. Chinelo Oforche – National Organising Secretary
(12): – Barr. Eric Ifere – National Legal Adviser
(13): – Edwin Sajo Bafteng – National Auditor
(14): – Gloria George-Omunu – Deputy National Secretary
(15): – Mr Joseph Ndirang – Deputy National Secretary
(16): – Alh. Aminu Abdul Aziz Kanya – Deputy National Secretary
(17): – Prof. Austin Uche Akubue – National Vice Chairman, South East
(18): – Pastor Mrs Martina Umana – National Vice Chairman, South-South
(19): – Barr. Femi Kahinde – National Vice Chairman, South West
(20): – Hon. Ali Akpandam – National Vice Chairman, North Central
(21): – Prof. Silas Lamela – National Vice Chairman, North East
(22): – Shehu Isah Sarkin Kudu – National Vice Chairman, North West
(23): – Mrs Priscillia Chukwu Ijeoma – Deputy National Woman Leader, South East
(24): – Barr. Stephanie Ebitari Ekpebulu – Deputy National Woman Leader, South-South
(25): – Susannah Idowu Ojo – Deputy National Woman Leader, South West
(26): – Barr. Amanda Pam – Deputy National Woman Leader, North Central
(27): – Mrs Mairo A. Umar – Deputy National Woman Leader, North East
(28): – Hajia Binta Ma’aruf – Deputy National Woman Leader, North West
(29): – Hon. Chidiebere Darlington Anyanwu – Assistant National Youth Leader, South East
(30): – Henry P.D. Ayagere – Assistant National Youth Leader, South-South
(31): – Mr Oladotun Emmanuel – Assistant National Youth Leader, South West
(32): – Mr Graham Gande – Assistant National Youth Leader, North Central
(33): – Comr. Joshua John Sambo – Assistant National Youth Leader, North East
(34): – Fodio Barau Ahmed – Assistant National Youth Leader, North West.

As of press time, Senator Nenadi Usman and other affected officers had yet to issue an official response to the dissolution order.

The Street Reporters Newspaper had exclusively reported that the Peter Obi’s Nenadi Usman Labour Party was at the brink as infiltration, infighting, apathy were stifling Nigeria’s strongest opposition, a report which detailed how to the Senator Nenadi-led iNWC was accused in a memo written by the then Interim National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Tony Akeni, obtained by The Street Reporters Newspaper, of spending 445 days of paralysis as it failed to conduct party congresses and convention, leaving the party in ruins.

The memo painted a grim picture of a party completely trapped in institutional paralysis. According to the report, despite the inauguration of the interim national working committee in Umuahia on September 4, 2024, Akeni noted that 445 days have now passed since then — nearly five times the original 90-day timeline approved for the conduct of state congresses and a national convention.

According to the memo, “Membership registration and revalidation, which are compulsory before congresses and convention, are not close to commencement,” Prince Akeni had lamented, saying “We are nowhere near ready for 2027.”

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