BEVERLY HILLS, JULY 29, (THEWILL) – The factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Alimodu Sheriff, has hailed Justice Okon Abang for nullifying a Port Harcourt ruling that recognised the party’s caretaker committee.
Sheriff declared that the order issued by Justice Abang halting the PDP convention was a demonstration of the existence of some fine judges in Nigeria and called on the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) to remove the erring judges who were tarnishing the image of the judiciary.
He added that the ruling of the court was a plus to his desire to wipe out impunity in the PDP and announced his readiness to take the PDP to its original owners at the grass roots level.
Sheriff also disclosed that he would convene an expanded caucus meeting of the PDP which he said would comprise the Board of Trustees, National Assembly Caucus and State Chairmen to chart the next line of action.
Meanwhile, the PDP National Youth Forum (PDPNYF) has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to remove Justice Abang accusing him of given judgements which favour the Sheriff faction over the PDP faction led by Ahmed Makarfi.
“The judiciary must not be a place where anyone runs into and hide his misdeed, it is now clear that justice Okon Abang has turn his own arm of judiciary to be a rubber stamp for anyone who can afford the bid,” Usman Austin, National Coordinator of PDPNYF, said in a statement.
“We ask all concern sundries to wave into this judicial rascality exhibited by justice Okon Abang before it eats deep into the marrows of our democracy, he is not only a threat to democracy but also a threat to human right and stain to the bench.
“PDP is a family and each time it has internal misunderstanding the said justice Okon Abang dives in to set fire on a fresh wood, it is alarming how much interest he picks on matter that concerns the PDP.
“The manner and mode in which judgements are obtained from Justice Okon Abang is an abuse to constitutional rights. It is very unfortunate, the same he did in the Abia governorship election case. We totally say no to this act of using his office to stain the countries judiciary and making it a laughing stock.
“We therefore call on the National judicial council to as a matter of urgency remove Justice Okon Abang and further probe his ill judicial rascality and constitutional doctoration to save our judiciary as well democracy.
“The PDP youth are as a matter of urgency call on concerned advisory bodies like President Gooduck Jonathan to come into this lingering matter and save this party from the hands of scoundrels who seek to short-change it for their self-interest.”
Story by David Oputah
