NewsCourt Removes Doherty, Returns Dominic As Lagos PDP Chairman

Court Removes Doherty, Returns Dominic As Lagos PDP Chairman

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June 23, (THEWILL)- Justice Oyekan Abdullahi of the Lagos High Court has removed Dr. Adedeji Doherty And reinstated Dr. Dominic Adegbola as the Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

Dr. Adedeji Doherty

Justice Abdullahi was delivering judgement in Suit No: LD/3600/GCM/2019
DR. DOMINIC ADEGBOLA & ORS. V. PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ORS.

In the judgement, the court said it considered the Preliminary Objection filed by the 1st-6th Defendants and dismissed them for lack of merit.

” Consequently, the Court considered the merit of the case canvassed by all the parties. The Court held that the positions sought to be filled at the special election were not vacant. Also, the Court held that the argument that the 1st Claimant, Dr. Dominic held the office of the State Chairman of PDP for 90 days has no place in the Constitution of PDP.

” The Court further held that the 1st Claimant was duly appointed to serve out the term of his predecessor who resigned.

” The Court stated that the Claimant’s failure to utilize internal dispute mechanism is not accidental as the Defendants frustrated same. The Court relied on the attempt made by the 1st Claimant when he wrote a letter to the National Chairman of the party and the letter was rejected. This fact was not contradicted by the Defendants”.

The Court said it further held that ” “all the conditions precedent to conduct election into the party’s offices were not followed and that the NWC of the party had no power to conduct state and local government congresses. Also, the special congress must fail as there was no guideline from the NEC of the party.

“Furthermore, the Court held that no notice of the special congress was forwarded to INEC as required by the Electoral Act.

” In sum, the case of the Claimants succeeds completely. The special congress held on 13th November, 2019, was set aside and there were no vacancies in the first place.

“In addition, the Court further held that the Defendants’ act of conducting the special congress despite a subsisting order of the Court prohibiting same is contemptuous. However, the Court stated that it would not hesitate to use its big stick of punishment against the Defendants if they again fail to obey the judgment herein”.

Meanwhile, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Zone, has said that following the court’s judgment reinstating Dr. Dominic Adegbola as the Chairman of the party in Lagos State, it’s time to allow peace and unity reign.

In a statement by the General Secretary of South-West PDP, Rahaman Owokoniran, the party congratulated Adegbola and other leaders of the party for the victory.

Owokoniran said the victory was in line with, and further promotes the ongoing successful Saraki’s reconciliation committee’s efforts.

He said: “ to the entire South-West leaders it is victory at last. We celebrate the glory of the Lord in our life as the truth, finally, reigns supreme in judgment.

“We pray that the rest of the cases left in the South-West in particular and the Nation in general, shall vindicate us.

“Now that the court has spoken, let’s allow peace to reign so we can build the party in unity.”

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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.

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