SAN FRANCISCO, September 02, (THEWILL) – The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated further on Monday with the Abubakar Baraje chaired faction filing a lawsuit at a Lagos State High Court seeking to sack the Bamanga Tukur-led executive from office.
The plaintiffs in the suit are factional chairman Baraje, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and the PDP.
The plaintiffs asked Justice Ganiyu S. Safari to restrain the Defendants — Tukur, Prince Uche Secondus (Deputy National Chairman), Mrs. Kema Chikwe (Woman Leader), Olisah Metuh (National Publicity Secretary) and other persons, who were elected on Saturday at the party’s mini congress in Abuja, from parading themselves as members of the National Executive of the party.
Though the plaintiffs were granted leave to serve the Defendants in their various locations which are outside the court’s jurisdiction, Justice Safari in his ruling refused to hear the plaintiffs’ argument on the determination of which of the factions is legally entitled to be members of the national executive of the PDP.
The court further held that since there is no urgency in the determination, the status quo must be maintained.
Justice Safari ordered the plaintiffs to convert the ex-parte motion to motion on notice, which the court ruled, must be served on other parties.
The matter was thereafter adjourned till September 09, 2013.
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