Circulation As AMCON Repays N1.87trn Bond Next Article » Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Saraki’s Election Cement Firm Attack: Anxiety As Boko Haram Carts Away Dynamite Nov 6, 2014 Insurgency: APC Leaders Call For Jonathan’s Resignation Nov 6, 2014 Senate Adjourns Plenary As PDP Caucus Meets Jonathan, Mu’azu Nov 6, 2014 Women More Reliable In Politics Than Men – Obasanjo Nov 6, 2014 HOME / COVER STORIES / NEWS / PDP CONVENTION: FRESH MOVE TO UNSEAT MU’AZU BEGINS IN COURT PDP Convention: Fresh Move To Unseat Mu’azu Begins In court By Kunle Olasanmi — Nov 5, 2014 | 3 Comments Fresh plot to unseat the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Adamu Mu’azu began yesterday before a Federal High Court in Abuja as the court was asked to declare Mu’azu’s appointment illegal. This will be the second suit challenging the appointment of Mu’azu in two months. Apart from PDP and Muazu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also listed as defendant. Muazu was appointed by the party’s National Executive Committee to succeed Alhaji Bamanga Turkur, who resigned as the national chairman of the party on January 15, 2014. In the fresh suit marked FHC/ ABJ/CS/729/2014, the plaintiff, Emmanuel Onu, who is a PDP member is praying the court for a declaration that the purported resignation letter of Bamanga Tukur presented by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Executive Committee is in clear violation of Sections 47(5) and (6) of the 2012 Constitution of the PDP. He also wants the court to declare that the appointment of Mu’azu as the chairman of PDP is invalid and is in non- compliance with laid down procedure of Sections 45(1) and (2) of the 2012 constitution of the PDP. The plaintiff begged the court to nullify the purported appointment of Mu’azu for non compliance with the provisions of Section 85(1) and (3) of the 2010 Electoral Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 223(1) of the 1999 Constitution. He also wants the court to direct the immediate re- instatement of Bamanga Tukur as the national chairman of the PDP or in the alternative order the deputy national chairman to pilot the affairs of PDP until the due process of electing a valid national chairman is complied with. The court is also asked to stop Mu’azu from parading himself as the national chairman of the PDP and to also order INEC to stop further correspondence with Mu’azu. In a 15 paragraph affidavit, the plaintiff averred that the appointment of Mu’azu as the national chairman was premature and unconstitutional. The plaintiff had earlier asked the court to decide whether the purported swift resignation of the former PDP national chairman on the 63rd NEC meeting of PDP is in compliance with Section.
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