BEVERLY HILLS, May 24, (THEWILL) – A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, has granted an interim injunction restraining erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and National Secretary, Professor Adewale Oladipo, who were removed from office at last Saturday’s National Convention of the party, from parading themselves as National officers of the Party.
According to a court order personally signed by the presiding judge, Justice A. M. Liman, the court granted a restraining order on any member of the National Working Committee of the PDP who was removed from office by the Port Harcourt convention from receiving nominations and or submitting names to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as officers or candidates of the PDP in whatever capacity.
The interim injunction and the restraining order are pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice brought before the court by the main opposition party.
The Court also restrained INEC from according or continuing to accord any recognition to Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, Professor Adewale Oladipo or any or all members of the National Working Committee of the PDP removed from office at the Party’s National Convention in Port Harcourt, as officers or organs of the PDP pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.
The National Caretaker Committee of the PDP headed by former Governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Ahmed Markarfi also got a boost with an order of the Court mandating INEC to recognise it in all matters pertaining the conduct of Primary Elections for Political Offices and the submission of the PDP List of Candidates for any elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.
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