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BREAKING: Federal Court Upholds Sherrif’s Removal As PDP Chairman

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A federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has declared that Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a former Kaduna governor, has the legally appointed leader of the main opposition party in Nigeria, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

In a judgement delivered on Monday, July 4, 2016, the court upheld the decision at the party’s national convention on May 21, 2016 to oust its former chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and constitute a national caretaker board to act as the executive arm of the PDP.

This court judgement a boost for the Makarfi-led national caretaker committee of the PDP as it mandates the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognise it in all matters pertaining to the conduct of primary elections for political offices and the submission of the PDP list of candidates for any elections to be conducted by the national electoral body.

The federal court had on May 24, 2014 granted an interim injunction restraining Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and Professor Adewale Oladipo from parading themselves as national officers of the party pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice brought before it by the PDP.

On the same day, the court also granted a restraining order on any member of the national working committee of the PDP who was removed from office by the PDP’s national convention from receiving nominations and or submitting names to INEC as officers or candidates of the People’s Democratic Party in whatever capacity pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice brought by the party.

In addition, INEC was restrained by the court from according or continuing to accord any recognition to Sheriff and Oladipo or any or all members of the national working committee of the party as officers or organs of the PDP pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

From all indications the message to embattled Senator Sherrif, who was disqualified by the national convention sub-committee on screening headed by Emmanuel Aguma, SAN, as not being qualified to contest as substantive chairman of the party in the first place.

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