A fresh bid to remove Ahmadu Adamu Muázu as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) began yesterday at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, as the court was asked to declare Mu’azu’s appointment as PDP national chairman illegal. A lawyer and a member of the PDP, Ezionye Ndubuisi, had two months ago asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to remove Mu’azu as the national chairman of the party. A fresh suit filed yesterday by Emmanuel Onu, who is a PDP member, is praying the court for a declaration that the resignation letter of Bamanga Tukur presented by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Executive Committee of the party is in clear violation of Sections 47(5) and (6) of the 2012 Constitution of the PDP. Onu 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. Named as defendants in the suit are the PDP, Mu’azu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mu’azu was appointed by the party’s National Executive Committee to succeed Tukur, who resigned as the national chairman of the party on January 15. The plaintiff is also begging the court to nullify the purported appointment of Mu’azu for noncompliance 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 and wants the court to direct the immediate re-instatement of 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. Onu is also asking the court 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. Daily Trust
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:42:23 +0000
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