Nigeria: Ondo PDP Crisis Continues As Jimoh Ibrahim's Ally Appeals Court Ruling
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The Court of Appeal
Special Panel sitting on the ongoing leadership crisis in the Ondo
State PDP on Thursday in Abuja granted Biyi Poroye leave to appeal the
judgment of the court.
The Poroye-led Ondo
State Executive of the party was on November 23, 2016 stripped of its
powers by the Justice Ibraheem Saulawa led panel.
The panel also held that all actions taken by the state leadership of the party under Poroye was null and void.
The height of the
judgment hinged on the recognition of Eyitayo Jegede as the authentic
candidate of the party in the Ondo State Nov.26, 2016 governorship
election.
Eyitayo Jegede
The decision automatically knocked-off Jimoh Ibrahim as the favoured governorship candidate of the party.
Dissatisfied with
the decision, Poroye, an ally of Mr. Ibrahim, approached the court
seeking leave to enable him challenge the judgment in the Supreme Court.
The News Agency of
Nigeria reports that the Ali Sheriff faction of PDP also obtained the
permission of the court to appeal the decision.
Mr. Poroye had insisted that Mr. Sheriff remained the only authentic National Chairman of the party.
The panel has yet to decide on the issue of the national leadership of the party.
The Ahmed
Makarfi-led national leadership of the party had appealed Justice Okon
Abang's judgment which upheld Mr. Sheriff as the National Chairman of
the party.
NAN reports that
the panel said it would be guided by the judgment of the Court of
Appeal, Port Harcourt Division fixed for February17 on similar matter.
The Sheriff-faction had dragged the Ahmed Makarfi-led committee to the division of that appellate court.
The Makarfi-led
committee was appointed by the National Working Committee (NEC) of the
party to oversee the machinery of the party until such a time that the
crises within the party were resolved.
(NAN)
