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The situation rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a caller crook connected Tuesday astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja, wherever the party’s nationalist chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, and the nationalist ineligible adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, engaged successful a powerfulness tussle successful unfastened court.
During the proceeding of a suit seeking to halt the planned National Convention of the party, instituted by 3 aggrieved members, Damagum and Ajibade battled for respective minutes implicit who had the powerfulness to name a lawyer to correspond the party.
While Damagum, who was contiguous successful tribunal and had signed a missive personally mandating Chris Uche, SAN, to correspond the PDP successful the ineligible action, Ajibade, besides a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), insisted that helium unsocial had the law authorization to name ineligible practice for the PDP.
When the substance was called earlier Justice James Omotosho, Joseph Daudu, SAN, announced the quality of the 3 plaintiffs: Hon. Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP Chairman), Hon. Amah Nnanna (Abia PDP Chairman), and Turnah George (PDP Secretary, South-South).
Trouble began erstwhile Chris Uche, on with much than 5 different SANs, announced their quality for the PDP. This determination was instantly countered by Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, the PDP nationalist ineligible adviser, who besides announced an quality for the aforesaid party.
In the ensuing drama, Uche informed Justice Omotosho that helium had a missive from the PDP nationalist president appointing him to correspond the enactment successful the suit. In response,
But Ajibade asserted that helium was the sole authority, arsenic empowered by the PDP Constitution, to name ineligible practice for the party, citing judgements to enactment his position.
Apparently taken aback by the development, Justice Omotosho halted the proceeding for 10 minutes, instructing the 2 PDP nationalist officers to measurement extracurricular and resoluteness their differences.
At the extremity of the ten-minute break, some parties returned to pass the tribunal that they had been incapable to reconcile their positions regarding ineligible representation. Chris Uche, SAN, subsequently requested a abbreviated adjournment to let further discussions betwixt the two.
At this point, Daudu, representing the plaintiffs, urged the justice to proceed with the substance connected the adjacent adjourned day should the 2 factions neglect to scope an agreement.
Justice Omotosho past adjourned the proceeding to Thursday, 16 October.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, Justice Omotosho besides joined Umar Damagum, Ali Odefa, and Chief Emmanuel Ogidi arsenic the 7th, 8th, and 9th defendants successful the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2120/2025.
They were joined done 2 abstracted applications argued by their respective lawyers, Paul Erokoro and Audu Anuga, some Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
While arguing for Damagum’s joinder, Erokoro informed the tribunal that helium was a indispensable party, being the nationalist president of the PDP, president of the National Working Committee (NWC), president of the National Executive Committee (NEC), and president of the Convention Committee.
Audu Anuga, SAN, successful his submission for the joinder of Ali Odefa and Emmanuel Ogidi, informed the tribunal that some are PDP officers who would beryllium straight affected by the result of the case.
The joinder petition was powerfully opposed by Joseph Daudu, counsel to the plaintiffs, who argued that the claimants were not seeking immoderate alleviation against the individuals applying to beryllium joined, and that their inclusion would service nary purpose.
In a little ruling, Justice Omotosho said helium had considered the positions of Umar Illiya Damagum, Ali Odefa, and Emmanuel Ogidi, and recovered them to beryllium indispensable parties who would beryllium affected by the result of the case.
The justice granted the joinder petition and ordered that the plaintiffs amend their processes to bespeak the names of the 3 caller defendants.
The archetypal six defendants are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), PDP, Samuel Anyanwu (the party’s nationalist secretary), Umar Baturrle (the party’s nationalist organising secretary), and the party’s NWC and NEC.
The 3 plaintiffs are seeking to halt the planned National Convention of the PDP, scheduled to instrumentality spot connected 15 and 16 November 2025 successful Ibadan, Oyo State, wherever caller nationalist officers are expected to beryllium elected.
I Joined APC to Serve My People Better – Mbah
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), stating that the determination was made to guarantee helium could service his radical much effectively.
He made the announcement during a unrecorded broadcast from the Government House successful Enugu connected Tuesday.
He stated that the determination was not a betrayal, emphasising that helium wanted to align with a level that would amended service his constituents.
The politician highlighted that for decades, the South East, peculiarly Enugu, had stood loyally down the PDP, sh...
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