SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, (THEWILL) – The Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted Friday ’s judgment of the Federal High Court Abuja which ordered that former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, should be removed from PDP list as its national secretary.
Justice Abdul Kafarati gave the order in the suit filed by the Ogun State chapter of PDP against PDP’s National Secretary, Oyinlola.
In his judgment, Justice Kafarati ordered the PDP faction led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to swear in a new National Secretary for PDP and went ahead to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete Prince Oyinlola’s name from its records as PDP’s National Secretary.
But in a statement issued by the factional national publicity secretary of new PDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the Baraje-led PDP said “it wishes to condemn this obvious and glaring miscarriage of justice as the judgment was given in spite of the pendency of Prince Oyinlola’s suit over the subject matter at a superior court of competent jurisdiction – the Federal Court of Appeal Abuja. ”
The new PDP stated further: “We wish to inform Nigerians that Prince Oyinlola was never served any court processes before the judgment was delivered.
“The judgment, unfortunately, dishonours the Court of Appeal and His Lordship’s pronouncement on the subject matter negates procedures outlined in the Constitution of the PDP for the emergence of the party’s National Secretary.
“We see the judiciary as the last hope of the common man and a defender of the weak against the strong. We therefore wish to appeal to the judiciary not to indulge itself in anything that may tend to give the contrary impression.
“We meanwhile appeal to our supporters and to all PDP members to remain calm as arrangements are being made to appeal this judgment and ensure that justice is done in this matter. “
