The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the PDP has advised that Bamanga Tukur and his loyalists should not celebrate yet as any such celebration would be short-lived as they are “more than ever determined to show him the way out of the exalted position he is illegally occupying”.

In an earlier press release, they reiterated “we will see this issue to a logical conclusion, including going to the Supreme Court, if necessary, to ensure that a non-member of our party does not continue to lord it over us as our National Chairman”.

They insist that their faction has every right to continue using the PDP flag, symbol and colours, as they are bonafide members of the party and thus entitled to use them.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory had earlier affirmed the election of Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. The presiding judge, Justice Evoh Chukwu also ordered the Baraje faction of the PDP to stop parading themselves as officers of the party.

The court also restrained the Baraje faction from interfering with the activities of the PDP or establish parallel offices.