NEWS:Justice Okon Abang Determined to Derail Democracy In Nigeria - PDP

AHMED MAKARFI

PDP National Convention Holds 17^th August, 2016.... PRINCE DAYO ADEYEYE INSISTS

Justice Okon Abang Determined to Derail Democracy In Nigeria - PDP

PDP National Convention Holds 17^th August, 2016.... PRINCE DAYO ADEYEYE INSISTS

Justice Okon Abang Determined to Derail Democracy In Nigeria - PDP

The major opposition political party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP seems all set to hold it long awaited National Convention despite all the shenanigans being put as hurdles before it.

This was the disclosure by the Spokesman of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye in a press statement that was issued recently by the party.

In the statement, Prince Dayo Adeyeye noted the reaction of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led by the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi CON to the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

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According to Dayo Adeyeye, the Federal High Court in Abuja had on
Thursday July 28, 2016, presided over by the presiding Judge, Justice Okon Abang.

The Spokesman described the ruling of Justice Okon Abang, Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, as objectionable, questionable and very strange to say the least in the history of Nigeria Judiciary.

Prince Dayo Adeyeye declared that what Justice Okon Abang did (28^th July, 2016) is to seat on an Appeal over the Court of competent and coordinate jurisdiction and that is what makes his Interlocutory Order very strange. 

The Judgment of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt was very clear that the National Caretaker Committee was duly constituted and recognized; and in line with that, the scheduled National Convention for August 17, 2016 still holds.

Part of the statement reads; "we have just received information that Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an Order of Interlocutory Injunction stopping our scheduled National Convention in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, but we want to state that the Judgment of the 4th of July, 2016 supersedes any Ex-Parte Order or Interlocutory Injunctions. So, our National Convention will hold as scheduled in Port Harcourt, Rivers State".

Let Nigerians recall the two former Judgments before the Port Harcourt Judgment, declared that Senator Sheriff is not qualified to be a National Chairman given that the PDP Constitution 2014 which he claimed brought him to power is not in existence and therefore, null and void, Adeyeye stated.

According to Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP wants Nigerians to know that Justice Okon Abang is deliberately engaging in acts of derailing the Country’s democracy given the fact that his Court is not an Appeal Court that can set aside any Judgment.