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The Federal High Court successful Abuja, connected Tuesday, fixed Oct. 31 for judgement successful a suit seeking to halt the planned normal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Justice James Omotosho fixed the day aft counsel for the plaintiffs and the defence lawyers adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the case.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plaintiffs, Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP chairman), Amah Nnanna (Abia PDP chairman) and Turnah Alabh George (PDP Secretary, South-South), had filed the suit.
They had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, the National Secretary of the party, Umar Bature, the National Organising Secretary of the party, the National Working Committee (NWC), and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the enactment arsenic 1st to 6th defendants.
Others joined successful the suit are Umar Damagum, the PDP National Chairman; Ali Odefa and Emmanuel Ogidi arsenic 7th, 8th and 9th defendants respectively.
The plaintiffs had instituted the suit to halt the planned National Convention of the PDP connected Nov. 15 and 16, scheduled for Ibadan successful Oyo State, wherever its caller nationalist officers are expected to beryllium elected.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, Justice Omotosho reaffirmed that his bid connected maintaining the presumption quo successful respect of the normal indispensable not beryllium flouted by immoderate of the parties progressive successful the suit.
Joseph Daudu, SAN, who represented the plaintiffs, urged the tribunal not to dainty the complaints of the plaintiffs arsenic interior affairs of the enactment but a measurement to enforce adherence to the 1999 Constitution, Electoral Act, 2022 and the PDP Constitution.
The elder lawyer argued that Nigeria’s constitution makes it mandatory for INEC to show congresses of governmental parties earlier they tin beryllium valid.
He said that the complaints of the 3 aggrieved members were that nary valid legislature was conducted successful the 14 states earlier the PDP NWC and NEC issued announcement for the Nov. 16 and 17 convention.
However, the National Chairman of the party, Mr Damagum, represented by Paul Erokoro, SAN, asked the justice to diminution jurisdiction connected the crushed that issues of normal and congresses are interior affairs of the party.
Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, who stood for the NWC and the NEC of the party, aligned with Erokoro’s submission to the effect that courts cannot inquire into the interior affairs of the party.
The station PDP normal dispute: Court fixes October 31 for judgment appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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