“National convention will go on despite court order,” Makarfi PDP faction
– The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) has reacted to the court’s decision to suspend their convention
– The faction has described the court ruling as another act of judicial recklessness by Justice Abang and insisted on holding the convention
Dayo Adeyeye, the national publicity secretary of the PDP, has released a statement to explain the party’s position on its convention suspension.
It reads in part: “A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt Rivers State had earlier in the day given a comprehensive order wherein the Honourable Judge specifically ordered the PDP to proceed with the convention as scheduled without hindrance.
Indeed his lordship while giving the order mandated all relevant agencies including the Police, DSS and INEC to cooperate with the party in organizing a hitch free National Convention.
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The faction also argued that the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state gave an Interlocutory Order while Justice Abang, Abuja, gave an Interim Order. The order of Port Harcourt is clearly superior and earlier in time to the interim order given by Justice Okon Abang.
In the light of the above, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a law abiding Party is obeying the Order of the Port Harcourt, Federal High Court until set aside by any competent Court of jurisdiction.
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In view of the above, the 2016 Repeat National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will continue as scheduled as we welcome all delegates, party leaders, other critical stakeholders, INEC monitoring team and other friends of PDP to Port Harcourt, Rivers State while wishing all our members and supporters a successful national convention.”
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