Justice Ibrahim Buba of Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest congress held last Saturday.
He held that the zonal congress was held in defiance of a court order stopping it.
The judge had, last Wednesday, restrained the PDP and its national chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, from conducting any election into the party’s Southwest Zonal Executive Committee.
But, PDP said the order was made without the parties being heard.
The judge made the order following an application filed by the incumbent Zonal Secretary, Chief ‘Pegba Otemolu, who sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), PDP, Sheriff and PDP National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo.
The plaintiff, through his lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede, in a motion on notice, sought an order nullifying the congress held in Akure for being in violation of a court order.
Oluyede said the defendants were served with the order and originating processes and were, therefore, aware of the court action yet went ahead with the congress.
Ruling, Justice Buba nullified the congress, holding that it was conducted in defiance of the court’s order. He said it was in breach of the doctrine of lis pendense (a notice that a suit was pending).
“Judges must defend their courts. Let’s rise and defend our integrity. Parties cannot jump the gun and do their own thing in their own way. That will result in social disequilibrium.
“Once a party is aware of a suit , the party must maintain status quo. Parties are to obey an order, whether rightly or wrongly made, until it is set aside,” he said.
He, therefore, nullified the congress because the respondents refused to show cause as to why the order was not obeyed.

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