Ebonyi Exco: PDP Appeals Abakaliki Court Judgment

 

"As a law abiding political party, we (PDP) are finalising the paperwork for our appeal, which will be filed to correct this judicial anomaly".... Kola Ologbodinya.

…Insists On Fred Udeogu-led Caretaker Committee.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has received, with amazement, the decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, which invalidates a legitimate party decision carried out in line with the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The party, in a statement issued and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodinya on Friday, noted that, "As a law abiding political party, we are finalising the paperwork for our appeal, which will be filed to correct this judicial anomaly". 

The PDP scribe however disclosed that, "in the meantime, it is also very important to inform our great party men and women in Ebonyi State and Nigeria in general, that Mr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, who is purporting to be holding a leadership position in our party, is not a member of the PDP and as such, cannot hold or claim to be holding any position whatsoever in our party". 

"If the dissolution was said to be wrong, the withdrawal/cancellation of his membership due to anti-party activities did not form part of that judgment".

"Therefore, we urge our members in Ebonyi and the public to totally disregard Nwebonyi and his Dave Umahi-sponsored thugs claiming to be members of the PDP".

Ologbodinya, in the statement, stressed that "the PDP firmly stands on the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) in the appointment of the Fred Udeogu-led Caretaker Committee for Ebonyi State, which is a legitimate action made pursuant to the constitution of our party, and nothing has changed".

"We are conscious of several decisions of both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, that a Court cannot dictate how a political party performs its internal activities as long as it is done in accordance with the party's constitution".

"We therefore, charge our members in Ebonyi state to remain united and continue to work with the Fred Udeogu-led Caretaker Committee while resisting the activities of external forces who seek to destabilize our party in Ebonyi state", the statement ended.