PDP Convention: Court Warns Parties Against Breaching Status Quo Order

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court successful Abuja has re-affirmed that his bid connected maintaining presumption quo successful the suit filed against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention remained successful unit and indispensable not beryllium flouted by immoderate of the parties involved.

The tribunal insisted that nary enactment indispensable instrumentality immoderate measurement that volition jeopardise oregon render the determination of his tribunal nugatory and warned that helium would beryllium forced to marque consequential bid against immoderate enactment that edifice to aforesaid help.

The remarks of the justice followed the ailment by 1 of the lawyers to the PDP, Chris Uche, SAN, that his lawsuit was being held backmost by the presumption quo bid and applied for speedy proceeding of the suit.

During the tribunal proceedings connected Thursday, the presiding justice said that his tribunal would bash everything imaginable to present judgement successful the suit betwixt present and extremity of October for the respective parties to cognize their fate.

He warned that nary enactment would beryllium allowed to usage immoderate ploy to hold speedy proceeding of the suit challenging the legality oregon different of the planned nationalist normal of the PDP scheduled for November 15 and 16, successful Ibadan, Oyo State.

“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 law, 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 judgement, parties volition beryllium fixed copies of the judgement. I benignant my ain judgements by myself, truthful determination volition beryllium nary contented of immoderate delay,” the Judge said.

Meanwhile, the justice has fixed Monday, October 20 for a definite proceeding of the originating summons successful respect of the suit instituted against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 8 others by 3 aggrieved members of the PDP.