The National Judicial Council, NJC, has cleared Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja of any wrongdoing in his verdicts relating to the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The Council, in a letter dated March 15 and signed by its Secretary, Mr. Danladi Halilu, dismissed allegations of gross misconduct that was levelled against the Judge by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led action of the party.

The legal body said it found no merit in the petition the group lodged against Justice Abang.

It will be recalled that Justice Abang had on July 29, 2016, declared the Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the PDP illegal.

He held that the Committee was illegal considering that it was a product of a convention a faction of the party held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on May 21, 2016, in defiance of a subsisting court order that was made by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, which had stopped the said convention from holding.

Justice Abang went ahead and accorded recognition to the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff leadership of the party.

Meanwhile, dissatisfied with the decision of the court, Makarfi wrote a petition to the NJC dated August 25, 2016, in respect of suits Nos. FHC/ABJ/CS/439/2016 and FHC/ABH/CS/464/2016.

He accused Justice Abang of assuming appellate powers by overriding the decision of another court of the sa coordinate jurisdiction.

After due consideration of the petition, the NJC in its letter with reference number NJC/ F.3/FHC 44/VII/55 stated: “At the end of deliberations, the council found that your petition finds no merit as there was no sufficient material before the NJC to infer that the judge sat on appeal over the decision of his brother judge of coordinate jurisdiction.

“The appeal therefore lacked merit and is subsequently dismissed”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/pdp-crisis-njc-clears-justice-abang-wrongdoing-dismisses-markafis-petition/

PDP you better put your house together 2019 is around the corner.

I read a tweet from PDP just yesterday saying "APC is a confused party that lacks direvtion" and I couldn't stop LMAO!

I am Waiting patiently on top of mango tree in SAMBISA FOREST, for MAKARFI Faction to blame BUHARI and APC for this judgment

I can see the hand of APC and Sheriff in this

PDP is DEAD and nothing can bring it back to life.

Adieu PDP, party of clueless rogues and career looters.

waooh buhari is just getting victory over pdp

PDP members should start doing FIDAU prayer for their dead party and stop disturbing our ears.

jamislaw:
PDP you better put your house together 2019 is around the corner.

PDP is a new party already.

Who will PDP even field as their presidential candidate if they manage to get themselves before 2019?
GEJ again? I doubt that?
Fayose. ? He's about their most popular and most liked in divided PDP right now.
can't even think of any other person.
PDP is technically dead.

we all know this........ Justice Abang is the a fearless Judge. He delivers judgment based on evidence.

muyibaba222:
we all know this........ Justice Abang is the a fearless Judge. He delivers judgment based on evidence.

Gbam

Lolz..the fearless abang

omenkaLives:
I read a tweet from PDP just yesterday saying "APC is a confused party that lacks direvtion" and I couldn't stop LMAO!

Omenkalives my guy
reply me ASAP

INjustice Abang is an embarrassment to his profession!

PDP should just pray that abang does not preside over any of their case again, na die be that o