A
Federal High Court siting in Abuja has nullified the national convention held
by the Peoples Democratic Party on May 21 in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State
capital, saying the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples
Democratic Party is illegal.
Justice
Okon Abang said this in preliminary ruling in an application filed the Ali Modu
Sheriff-faction of the party.
It
was at that convention that the National Working Committee of the party led by
former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff was dissolved and a caretaker committee led by
former Governor Ahmed Markarfi was constituted.
The
Sheriff faction of the party had filed an application on July 4 for an
interlocutory injunction seeking to stop the national convention of the party,
which was planned by the Makarfi faction and scheduled for August 17.
The
faction said it filed the suit numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/464/2016 for themselves and
on behalf of the Executive Committee/National Working Committee of the PDP.
The
suit has only the Independent National Electoral Commission and the PDP as the
defendants.
The
plaintiffs had contended that that by virtue of the PDP’s Constitution, they
must remain in office till 2018.
They
also urged the court to declare all moves aimed at removing, replacing or
conducting fresh elections into their offices as illegal, unlawful,
unconstitutional, null and void.
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