Court asked to halt PDP national convention A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Aliyu Gurin, who is challenging the appointment of Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu as the National Chairman of the party, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to halt the party’s national convention scheduled to hold on December 10 and 11, 2014. The plaintiff contended in an application for interlocutory injunction, which he filed on Monday, that the appointment of Mu’azu as the National Chairman of the party was illegal and thus the national convention cannot be held under his (Mu’azu’s) leadership. Gurin is also seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining Mu’azu from parading himself as the chairman of the party pending the determination of the main suit which is challenging Mu’azu’s appointment. The matter is before Justice Evoh Chukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja. The plaintiff’s two prayers in the application for interlocutory injunction read in part, “An order of interlocutory injunction restraining the 1st defendant (PDP) from holding its national convention slated for December 10 and 11, 2014 under the chairmanship of the 3rd defendant Mu’azu pending the final determination of this suit. “An order of interlocutory injunction restraining the 3rd defendant from acting as the National Chairman of the 1st defendant pending the final determination of this suit.” Gurin contends that Mu’azu’s appointment following a purported resignation of the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, was illegal having flouted provisions of 47(6) of the party’s constitution and section 85(3) of the Electoral Act.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:07:53 +0000
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