When Sen.Ali Modu Sheriff was brought forward by Governors Wike and Fayose among other PDP chieftains as the only man that can help the party win back their lost states, the presidency and reposition the party, I sincerely queried this risky act by the new PDP leaders.
But ofcourse my little voice and pen was overshadowed.
PDP leaders have chosen Sheriff because they believed he had the money, the connection and knows the secret of the APC and President Buhari, being an inlaw to president Buhari and an ally of the president way back in ANPP.
But sooner than we expected, the whole thing backfired mainly because of clashes of interests regarding the party's chairmanship and who flies the flag of the party.
These crises have affected the fortunes of the party generally,including its chances in this year's Edo and Ondo Governorship Elections.
With series of pending court cases fighting supremacy, both Makarfi and Sheriff went ahead producing separate Governorship candidates for one party.
For Sheriff- Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekwemwen
For Makarfi-Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
After this, the Makarfi camp almost appeared to have won with INEC recognising her governorship candidate because she monitored her faction's Governorship primaries and relying on a court order from Portharcourt (the home state of Gov.Wike,one of PDP's new breed of leaders).
"The commission (INEC) said that it decided to reject , the list based on the fact that it did not monitor the primary that produced the faction’s governorship candidate, Mr. Matthew
Iduoriyekwemwen".
Late luck smiled on Sheriff when an Abuja court on thursday gave a judgement in his favour as the authentic chairman of the party and nullified all that took place at the botched convention of the party,including the emergence of the Makarfi-led caretaker committee.
“Parties have an uncompromising duty
to obey court order until it is set aside.
The Lagos Division made orders on May
12 and 20, forbidding the PDP from
removing the Sheriff-led Caretaker
Committee. That order is still subsisting.
“Having regard to the order of the court,
PDP had no lawful authority to hold the
convention that led to the emergence of
the Markafi-led Committee.
“The convention was unlawfully held and
the Caretaker Committee was unlawfully
and illegally appointed and could not
take any legal decision for the PDP in
view of the subsisting order of the Lagos
Division of this court.
“Consequently, any action taken by the
Markafi-led Committee, including the
purported mandate for legal
representation in this matter is hereby
declared illegal.
“If the Markafi-led Caretaker Committee,
as apostles of impunity, missed their
way to the Port Harcourt division of this
court, that court could not have
conveniently assumed jurisdiction to set
aside the earlier decision of the Lagos
Division.
“I hold that the Port Harcourt division of
this court cannot make an order to
neutralise the potency of the Lagos
Division of this court dated 12 and 20
May“
“Ali Modu Sheriff is the National
Chairman of the PDP. Any decision not
taken by the Sheriff-led Committee is not
binding on the PDP” (including the nomination of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu) ¤ bracketed words mine
Justice Okon Abang
Federal High Court Abuja
Recall that a high court had earlier ordered the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to only recognise candidates endorsed by the Ali Modu Sheriff-led National
Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party for the governorship elections in Edo and
Ondo States.
However, the Makarfi-led faction countered it with another strange injunction from portharcourt.
With the recent superior judgement (“I hold that the Port Harcourt division of this court cannot make an order to neutralise the potency of the Lagos Division of this court dated 12 and 20
May“) given by Justice Abang, the Makarfi-led faction loses the chance of producing the party's gubernatorial flagbearer.
The Sheriff faction also lacks the statutory powers to produce the governorship candidate as INEC never monitored her governorship primaries and Sheriff never abode by the statutory 21 days notice of conducting the governorship primaries.
Technically, for now, I think PDP has no governorship flagbearer in Edo State for the Sept.10 governorship race.
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What is happening to my favorite party

APC you people should go and contest with Ize-iyamu and stop looking for shortcut.

Op is it your name that PDP submitted to INEC?

APGA for Edo

smellingmenses:
Op is it your name that PDP submitted to INEC?

INEC only claimed to have obeyed the court and its law.
Don't be surprised if INEC on Monday withdraws the name of Pastor Ize-Iyamu in line with this judgement

POI will win the governorship election in Edo state 2019

APC go and campaign and leave PDP only because believe it or not POI is taking over.

mazichika:
APC you people should go and contest with Ize-iyamu and stop looking for shortcut.

is ize-iyamu a candidate that apc wil contest with, is like u dont know osho is looking for any pdp candidate to teach lesson

The funny thing is that The Court in PH made a terrible mistake. But I think the only way out is dialogue and not strong head.
If sherif decided to stand his ground there's nothing Markafi and it's candidates will do about it. Hence I will encourage they should meet up and resolve internally. Else no candidate for PDP

Oma307:
What is happening to my favorite party

ur ipod favourite party is dead.

PDP does not worth sympathetic with.

Mylove55:
is ize-iyamu a candidate that apc wil contest with, is like u dont know osho is looking for any pdp candidate to teach lesson

Childish comment.
Osho is too small for that man to crush.
I don't think you understand Edo politics.
If you are observant you will discover that since Ize-Iyamu left the APC in Edo Oshomhole has been struggling.
Just of a recent scene in Ekewan, around Zabayor will tell you how APC have divided.

Mylove55:
is ize-iyamu a candidate that apc wil contest with, is like u dont know osho is looking for any pdp candidate to teach lesson

iz only you that don't see how jittery Oshomole looks these days.
Ize-iyamu is really tormenting that short man.

smellingmenses:
Op is it your name that PDP submitted to INEC?

that foolish name is not suppose to be with inec in d first place, so inec even error in d first place to have disobey court order by recognising that foolish name

suasmablow:


INEC only claimed to have obeyed the court and its law.
Don't be surprised if INEC on Monday withdraws the name of Pastor Ize-Iyamu in line with this judgement

PDP has already filed for a stay of execution.
You and know too well that such judgement from Abang is pure disgrace to our judiciary.
Can a high overrule another high court?

NJC should call okon Abang to order before be damage their little re£aining image!

Mylove55:
that foolish name is not suppose to be with inec in d first place, so inec even error in d first place to have disobey court order by recognising that foolish name

Tell us how the aired

Don't ask your APC candidate to go and seek for votes,keep on looking for whom to disqualified so that your party will have an easy ride.

I can see fear in APC camp in Edo state.

FreeGlobe:
APGA for Edo

that is d only option for pdp, they should adopt osaro onaiwu as their gov.candidate, the same way apga adopt ineffectual buffoon as their presidential candidate, but apc wil stil crush them d same way buhari defect them all.

Mylove55:
that is d only option for pdp, they should adopt osaro onaiwu as their gov.candidate, the same way apga adopt ineffectual buffoon as their presidential candidate, but apc wil stil crush them d same way buhari defect them all.

Stop complaining and go and contest with Ize-Iyamu.
Thought your short god said he will flow him?
Why all these unnecessary fear?

Anxiety disorder is really tormenting APC.

Instead of writing crappy pieces like this misguided article, why not channel your energies on how APC would stem the tide of an imminent defeat awaiting the party in Edo State.

In any case, why would PDP not having a candidate at the forthcoming election be your headache if you know your left from your right?

The other day you succeeded in getting an asinine speculation moved to the homepage...You want this trash projected as well?

mazichika:
PDP has already filed for a stay of execution.
You and know too well that such judgement from Abang is pure disgrace to our judiciary.
Can a high overrule another high court?

NJC should call okon Abang to order before be damage their little re£aining image!

Good question. Your question is ''Can a High Court overrule another High Court?''. My answer is NO. That is what Justice Okon Abang is actually saying and that is the reason it will be correct to say that really, PDP has no candidate for Edo Gubernatorial election. Have you quickly forgotten that it was a Port Harcourt High Court that gave the judgement nullifying the earlier judgement of the Lagos High Court, which recognises Sheriff's chairmanship? It was on the basis of that wrong act of a court sitting in judgement against the judgement of another court of cordinate jurisdiction that INEC recognised Ize-Iyamu.

ENEONWO:



Good question. Your question is ''Can a High Court overrule another High Court?''. My answer is NO. That is what Justice Okon Abang is actually saying and that is the reason it will be correct to say that really, PDP has no candidate for Edo Gubernatorial election. Have you quickly forgotten that it was a Port Harcourt High Court that gave the judgement nullifying the earlier judgement of the Lagos High Court, which recognises Sheriff's chairmanship? It was on the basis of that wrong act of a court sitting in judgement against the judgement of another court of cordinate jurisdiction that INEC recognised Ize-Iyamu.

have you forgotten that there was court judgement that nullified sheriff's emergence?
Sheriff has no case.

But why are you guys so jittery of Iyamu?

WATCHOVER:

Childish comment.
Osho is too small for that man to crush.
I don't think you understand Edo politics.
If you are observant you will discover that since Ize-Iyamu left the APC in Edo Oshomhole has been struggling.
Just of a recent scene in Ekewan, around Zabayor will tell you how APC have divided.

Let's keep our fingers crossed
If INEC doesn't strike out Ize-Iyamu's name from her list, the result of the poll will surely increase your wailings since u hv chosen self-ignorance over where the dire will obviously swing

maestroferddi:
Instead of writing crappy pieces like this misguided article, why not channel your energies on how APC would stem the tide of an imminent defeat awaiting the party in Edo State.

In any case, why would PDP not having a candidate at the forthcoming election be your headache if you know your left from your right?

The other day you succeeded in getting an asinine speculation moved to the homepage...You want this trash projected as well?

Hahahahahahaha, and it pained you then abi?
Take heart, pray well this time again before u see this one as FP too
Thinking an Ize-Iyamu will win Edo is simply loading your wailing potentials after the polls
Get ready to blame or accuse Buhari, INEC, APC,oshiomhole etc after the official announcement of results.
For the now, boast on while we kindly watch unfolding events.
At first u guys claimed that Obaseki was moving around the world without campaigning at home.
Now that he was been campaigning all the nooks and crannies of Edo state,with massive crowd and lots of defectors, you are still giving yourself hope.
I hope your name wasn't on the membership register that a PDP decampee brought the oda day?

Says who?

Mylove55:
ur ipod favourite party is dead.

mazichika:
iz only you that don't see how jittery Oshomole looks these days.
Ize-iyamu is really tormenting that short man.

osho is already aware that obaseki is already d governor, that is why u see him dancing til tomoro, i am also happy as ize-iyamu has no party to contest, becos ize-iyamu can never be my gov.

WATCHOVER:

Osho is too small for that man to crush.
I don't think you know Edo politics.
If you are observant you will discover that since Ize-Iyamu left the APC in Edo Oshomhole has been struggling.
Just of a recent scene in Ekewan, Zabayor will tell you how APC have divided.

u dont even know what u are saying, have u see ize-iyamu since morning? and is it not today people start seeing onaiwu campaign? d contest is now btw obaseki and d rest(onaiwu, nowamag
etc)

Oma307:
Says who?

modu sheriff

mazichika:
have you forgotten that there was court judgement that nullified sheriff's emergence?
Sheriff has no case.

But why are you guys so jittery of Iyamu?

Ize-Iyamu has no capacity to make oshiomhole jitter.
Lalasticlala enlarge this debate Jor
Pastor Ize-iyamu is shattered and scattered already

I pity all the wailers waiting ize iyamu would win the forth coming election in edo state.You people are far from the realities on ground.Even in the so called Edo central the acclaimed pdp strong hold are already decamping to apc.you people saw what happened in irrua on friday when some notable pdp member decamped to apc,more and more are still decamping by the day because they already seen a pitfall with POI.
Below is the pic.

Oma307:
What is happening to my favorite party

. Nemesis is what is happening.

mazichika:
APC you people should go and contest with Ize-iyamu and stop looking for shortcut.

. This is not about APC but LAW. Nigeria Law is greather any individual or group of individuals.