A Lagos high court has granted the splinter group of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, leave to sue the Bamanga-led National Working Committee of the ruling party.
The PDP faction is asking for an orde
r to retrain the Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee from parading themselves as officials of the party.
The suit filed by Alhaji Abdullahi Baraje and two other officials of the new PDP faction is also asking the court to restrain Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Prince Uche Secondus, Mrs Kema Chikwe, Chief Olisah Metuh and other officials of the party from parading themselves as officials of the Peoples’ Democratic Party.
The High Court has fixed September 9th as hearing date.
The Exodus
On the 31st of August, while the PDP Special National Convention was going on, the unexpected happened, after the speech by President Goodluck Jonathan with five of the PDP governors, Abdufatah Ahmed of Kwara, Muazu Aliyu of Niger, Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Sule Lamido of Jigawa and Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto states, stormed out of Eagle Square, venue of the party’s convention in Abuja, to form a faction of the party.
Governors Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers States, who were barred from attending the convention, also joined the other governors to form the factional PDP.
To further worsen the situation, Former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, Senator Bukola Saraki and former national secretary of the PDP Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola joined the newly formed factional PDP.
Prince Oyinlola was announced as the national secretary of the new PDP faction.
The faction said they took the decision to salvage the PDP from those who hijacked it.
The group, organise a news conference, saying that it has taken over the party’s structure, and that former acting national chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje will be the new national chairman.
