The Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Supreme Court has the final say on the internal leadership dispute within the party, not the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ini Ememobong, national publicity secretary of the faction,
said in a statement on Monday that the Turaki-led PDP had already approached
the Supreme Court to seek a final verdict on the party leadership affairs.
INEC had recognised the national working committee (NWC) of
the PDP backed by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The electoral umpire published the factional leadership of
the PDP on its website, with Abdulrahman Mohammed listed as the party’s
national chairman.
Mohammed and other members of the NWC were elected on Sunday
during the national convention held at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in
Abuja.
In response to the recognition of the Wike-backed PDP, the
Turaki-led faction described the national convention as a pre-Easter jamboree
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sympathisers and members of “Wike’s
autocratic party.”
Ememobong said that “they mischievously tagged a PDP
convention was held in contempt of the Court of Appeal”.
“They were served with the processes of the appeal at the
Supreme Court, as well as other suits challenging the holding of the said
convention,” the statement reads.
“The validity of that gathering is now a matter before the
court, which we will diligently follow to its conclusion,” he said.
He alleged that the crisis within the PDP is orchestrated by
the Tinubu administration.
“We must admit what is already public knowledge – these are very trying times for us, the PDP, and all opposition parties in Nigeria,” Ememobong added.
“These crises are clearly orchestrated by the Bola
Tinubu-led APC government, who have shown morbid fear for the existence of
alternative political platforms and is determined to foist a one-party state on
the country.
“This fear is fuelled by their knowledge of the impending
rejection Nigerians are waiting to serve them because of their abysmal
performance in core governance issues like security, the economy, and social
welfare.”
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