PDP Convention: Court orders parties to maintain status quo

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA– The Federal High Court sitting successful Abuja, connected Thursday, ordered each the parties successful the suit seeking to halt the planned normal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to support the presumption quo, pending past determination of the case.

Justice James Omotosho warned that nary of the parties should instrumentality immoderate measurement that could jeopardize oregon render the taxable substance of the litigation earlier the Court, nugatory.

He said the tribunal would not hesitate to contented consequential orders should immoderate of the parties edifice to aforesaid help.

The orders followed kick by 1 of the lawyers to the PDP, Chris Uche SAN, that his lawsuit was being held backmost by the suit.

He applied for accelerated proceeding of the matter.

Expressing the determination of the tribunal to present its judgement earlier the extremity of the month, Justice Omotosho said helium would not entertain hold tactics from immoderate of the parties.

“You and I, arsenic lawyers and ministers successful the temple of justice, cognize that erstwhile a suit is filed successful respect of immoderate substance and parties person been served with processes, it is the instrumentality that nary enactment should instrumentality immoderate measurement successful respect of specified suit.

“The tribunal indispensable not beryllium over- reached and wherever specified is done, the tribunal has powerfulness to contented consequential order, nullifying specified act. We each cognize the instrumentality and please, fto america respect the law. It is successful our corporate interest.

“In the instant case, I tin guarantee you that the tribunal determination volition beryllium made betwixt present and extremity of October.

“On the time of the judgment, parties volition beryllium fixed copies of the judgment. I benignant my ain judgments by myself, truthful determination volition beryllium nary contented of immoderate delay”, the proceedings justice added.

He, subsequently, slated Monday for definite proceeding of the suit that was brought earlier the tribunal by 3 aggrieved members of the party.

The tribunal okayed the substance for proceeding aft it confirmed that each the parties had been work served with the applicable processes.

At the resumed proceeding, some the National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, and Chief Uche, SAN, who was briefed by the National Chairman of the Party, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, separately announced their appearances for the party.

In a bid to debar the play that stalled the proceeding of the lawsuit connected the past adjourned date, Justice Omotosho directed some lawyers to record their processes for him to find who has the authorization to correspond the governmental party.

The 3 plaintiffs-  Hon. Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP Chairman), Hon. Amah Abraham Nnanna (Abia PDP Chairman) and Turnah Alabh George (PDP Secretary, South-South)- are praying the tribunal to halt the National Convention scheduled to clasp successful Ibadan, Oyo authorities connected November 15 and 16, wherever caller National Officers of the enactment would beryllium elected.

Defendants successful the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2120/2025, included the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); PDP; the National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; the National Organizing Secretary of the party, Umar Baturrle; 2 nationalist officers of the party, Ali Odefa and Emmanuel Ogidi, arsenic good arsenic the NWC and NEC of the party.

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