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Give it to judicial abracadabra. It all started from the fractionalization of the party platform. It reared its ugly head during the governorship primary. Recall how it deepened the internal cracks on the platform. And on each occasion, the spectre of judicial interlocutor left a cloud of amazement and confusion on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its members and supporters, as well as, lovers of democracy.

As such, just when the party seems to have woken from its bad dream to pursue genuine reconciliation and begin the painful journey of rejuvenation, the ghost of judicial madness returned to haunt the former ruling party. Not many commentators imagined that the apparition of the political pugilism between embattled former national chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and the caretaker chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, would hover in Ondo State.

It was the general expectation of most analysts that the incumbency of the PDP Governors’ Forum chairman, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, would put paid to any pretensions as to which is the authentic faction of the party. But as the date for the governorship primary election drew near, the Sheriff’s camp began some intriguing manouevres. Smarting from its loss of traction in the Edo governorship, the faction met a brick wall as a court of competent jurisdiction outlawed its plans to hold a parallel primary election in Akure or any part of the Sunshine State.

Having been so declared an interloper, the disgruntled faction relocated to nearby Oyo State, where it held a dubious primary that threw up Jimoh Ibrahim as the controversial governorship candidate. The last that was heard about the Ibadan controversial primary was the promise by Sheriff to look into the complaints other aspirants observed against the process, particularly the authenticity of delegates at the election.

Then A-Bang!
MOST Nigerians, especially watchers of the PDP debacle, still wonder why the shock therapy unleashed on some justices was not extended to the a certain Judge that seems to have descended on the arena in the PDP leadership crisis.

Ever since PDP commenced the process of trying to pick pieces of its crumbled structure after the loss of the 2015 presidential election, Nigerians have noted the exceptional intrusion of judicial pronouncements and rulings.

But in the recent instances of adjudication on governorship selection squabbles, it has been a mixture of judicial ambush, excess and mischief. Contradictory court ruling, just like inconclusive polls have become a new feature of Nigeria’s electoral system.

On October 14, exactly one month and two weeks to the governorship election in Ondo State, Justice Okon Abang, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to (blindly) “accept and process for the purpose of its functions and activities in the organisation and conduct of the Ondo State governorship election only the nomination of Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim Folorunso…”

The Federal High Court Judge did not stop there. He also directed INEC to “reject and jettison any other nomination form(s) submitted to it by any other person(s) apart from the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs/applicants, indicating that no other person, apart from Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim Folorunso, is the candidate of the 2nd defendant for the Ondo State governorship election.” Haba!

For those who may not be conversant with the matter, Justice Abang’s orders came while ruling on a suit filed by Prince Biyi Poroye and Ademola Genty, chairman and secretary of PDP in Ondo State and their counterparts in Osun and Oyo‎ States. How the matter concerned the governorship flagbearer in Ondo depends on the undercurrents and politics of power and influence between PDP and its rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC) that took over the commanding heights of national politics in May 2015.

For the sake of clarity, it should be noted that Poroye and others had approached the court in search of enforcement of a previous ruling of the court in which they were affirmed as winners of the zonal congress of the party for Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo and Osun.

It was known why the court ordered INEC to accept only the names of candidates from Poroye and Genty leadership as the authentic candidates of PDP for the Ondo governorship election. But the Nigeria Apex Court’s position on which organ of the party should send names of its candidates for an election is well known and celebrated.

And so, did Justice Abang choose to interpret the laws according to his whims, knowing that an appeal could straighten out the ambiguities or merely to ambush the candidate of the other faction?

Whatever the judge intended to achieve, the extant ruling as it affects the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State has gone further to underscore the interesting state of affairs of Nigeria judiciary.

Politics By Judicial Means
JUXTPOSING Justice Abang’s orders with the continuing power tussle between APC and its defeated and diminished rival, PDP; it would be clear that the game has been raised to an ominous level, where court rulings are used to deflect or distract competitors.

Examined in that light, it becomes probable that those who articulated the mischief interpretation wanted to set the stage for the eventual poll victory of whoever should emerge the runner up in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State. This is so because, even pupil lawyers know that in the event that PDP carries the day as it appears set to do, in the election; whoever may come second between APC’s Rotimi Akeredolu and Alliance for Democracy’s (AD’s) Olusola Oke; would easily go to court to challenge the election, knowing that the court, by virtue of the Electoral Act, lacks the power to impose a candidate on a political party.

Similarly, knowing that the process that threw up Ibrahim as governorship candidate, albeit in a faction of PDP, could not pass the credibility test of a genuine primary election; the imposition of Jimoh Ibrahim on the PDP may end up as a smoke in the wind.If the perfidy is sustained, it would go ahead to establish the high wire politics that politicians conscript judges to play, even if by proxy.

Road To Infamy
THE road to the present infamous ruling by Justice Abang could be said to have actually begun two months ago, when Senator Ali Modu Sheriff visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta. Although both leaders held a closed door discussion, what the public got from them was the public exchange in which Obasanjo called Sheriff a factional chairman, pointing out that when he was earlier invited to join PDP he did not come, only to come and take over a baby in the intensive care unit.

The former president also noted that Nigeria’s democracy needed strong political parties, particularly in opposition, to make the system better. However, sources hinted that what Baba told Sheriff in the closet was sharply in contrast to his public admonition.

The PDP reconciliation process took a turn for the better with both Sheriff and Makarfi camps addressing a joint press conference, where they announced their new found sanity. But those who saw the handwriting on the wall held the development in suspicion.

With the recent crevice created by Justice Abang for Ibrahim, who is standing on the platform of his faction, Sheriff is waxing defiant, seeking to appropriate maximum stake in the PDP unification efforts. One of the conclusion reached by some observers after the Sheriff-Obasanjo meeting was that the undertakers are about to commence the final diminution of PDP.

After he was invited to play the role of navigator for the APC, Obasanjo, who made a public show of the destruction of his PDP membership card, announced his withdrawal from partisan politics. It was said that the former president lost out during the appointment of ministers last year.

Could it be that the Ondo governorship provides him another opportunity to have a say in the politics of Southwest, nay Nigeria? Does the ongoing effort to ensure that Mimiko does not leave a protégé, presage a large turf battle in the APC, regarding who gets relevant in the zone towards 2019?

It is a well-known fact that Ibrahim, who acquired the sprawling National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) business concerns, during Obasanjo’s administration, remains a trusted ally of the former president. That was as far as business and enterprise are concerned. But now, it seems the controversial businessman has become a mascot for Obasanjo to dethrone Mimiko from political prominence as he attempted against Bola Tinubu and Gbenga Daniel.
Judicial Foolhardiness Vs INEC’s Instability
THE present quagmire brought about by the judiciary in the Ondo governorship election, regarding the appropriate enrolling of the right PDP candidate, is not a novelty. It happened before in the intra-party dispute between Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and Dr. Sampson Ogah, both of Abia State chapter of PDP.

In the same matter, which is now subject to appeal at the Supreme Court, the same Justice Abang, threw his knock-out banger of a ruling, sacking Ikpeazu and ordering INEC to handover certificate of return to Ogah. With similar gusto and haste, INEC had overzealously executed Abang’s order to the chagrin of most Nigerians.

Then, in the case of Anambra Central Senatorial seat, in unbecoming zealousness, INEC decided to appeal the ruling of Justice Anwuli Chikere, which restored the right of PDP to field a candidate and participate in the rerun senatorial poll. A lot of people expressed dismay at what could be the interest of INEC to warrant the appeal.

Consequently in the matter of listing prospective candidates for the November 26, Ondo governorship election, INEC departed from the path of vigilance to respond to Justice Abang’s order, not minding that the candidate in question did not emerge through a foolproof process.

But all blames should not go to Justice Abang because, he ruled as he was expected, on the matter before him. The onus then lies on the party, which feels otherwise about the ruling to approach a higher court to re-examine the evidence based on the law and facts presented.

INEC might have been misled to think that the Federal High Court, from which Abang’s ruling preceded, was superior in jurisdiction over the State High Court, from which the Makarfi faction obtained a restraining order. That may be why the commission, through its spokesman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed that it took the decision to replace Jegede due to a superior court order, adding that that necessitated the prefix ‘Court order’ before Ibrahim’s name.

Justice Williams Olamide of the Akure High Court had restrained INEC from substituting Eyitayo Jegede as the PDP candidate in whatsoever way. The Judge had noted that “it would be out of order for INEC to replace Jegede’s name, pending the determination of the motion on notice as it would contravene the principles of equity, justice and fairness.

But curiously Justice Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja; had refused an application by Jegede in which he sought the court’s leave to appeal its ruling of October 14, 2016. Abang contended that section 31 of the Electoral Act only allows the party and not the candidate to contest the judgement, stressing further that having not taken part in the primary election conducted by the Sheriff group, Jegede lacked the locus for legal protest.

That is the aspect of the whole set up that inspires commentators with the idea that Abang was exceeding the barriers of impartiality. And that judicial position therefore careened INEC towards an unpopular direction.

Perhaps, suspecting that the present INEC under Prof. Mahmud Yakub, seems to lack the institutional backbone to rebuff untenable legal propositions and assert its independence, a pro-democracy group known as Coalition in Defence of Nigeria Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), advised the commission to toe the path of established principles of law, particularly the decisions of Nigeria’s apex court.

In a statement signed the conveners: Ariyo-Dare Atoye, Ilemona Onaja, Ojugo Onyeluka, CDNDC pointed out that such Supreme Court rulings as in Emeka vs Okadigbo and Ors (2012) 18 NWLR (pt1331) 55; Emenike vs PDP (2012) 18 NWLR (pt 1315) 556; Oguebego vs PDP, laid a clear foundation on which organ of the party should field candidates for an election.

The group declared that the apex court was emphatic “that the appropriate organ of a party empowered to conduct primaries and submit names of its candidates for the purposes of general election is the National Executive Committee.”

Based on the seeming instability of INEC, accentuated by its sudden decision to supplant Jegede with Ibrahim, most Nigerians found themselves wondering how Prof. Attahiru Jega would have handled what presented as a clever admixture of political intrigue and legal calisthenics.

When he is not found vacillating before taking crucial decisions as in the case of Kogi State governorship and Edo, INEC’s Prof. Yakub is found taking hasty decisions that end up pouring hot water on his tenure. That was what the Abia PDP legal contestation and the present Ondo debacle have left on INEC’s public image.

[b]Mimiko’s Shock Vs Omoboriowo’s Magic
LOOKING at recent developments in Ondo f[/b]rom a wide-angle lens, it is obvious that forces at play form concentric circles of intrigues. There is the eaglet political actors in APC who want to use the Ondo governorship to prove that they know their onions as far as politics in the Southwest is concerned.

These new players who are being enabled and energized by powers outside the geopolitical zone seem to be angered by the recent rapprochement being brokered by former Lagos State governor, Tinubu and other Southwest leaders, especially Mimiko. They tend to believe that Mimiko had a hand in the uproar and confusion that tried to emasculate the emergence of the APC governorship candidate, Akeredolu. Stoking similar quarrel in PDP, they felt, was therefore a veritable way to give it back to Iroko.

In the midst of widening gulf of suspicions and speculations, Obasanjo’s loyalists are looking ahead to ensure a foothold for 2019, in readiness to ensure that if come comes to become in APC, they could present an alternative bloc in the Southwest for negotiations with other counter interests.

As things stand in Ondo, unless Jegede is restored, nobody could hazard a guess on where the momentum for the November 26 poll lies. Yet, even as a perceived level playing ground has been unwittingly created with either of the four eligible platforms in one challenge or the other, the possibility of federal might supervening to make the difference becomes very high.

But how far the scenario would re-enact a repeat of Akin Omoboriowo landslide in 1983 is left to be seen. Governor Mimiko may have that ugly electoral experience at the back of his mind when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.

Expressing shock at INEC’s decision, the governor stated that what the commission did “had no basis in law or politics.” He noted, “This action potentially can cause a breach of peace. It can cause conflagration in the state and that is why as the Chief Security Officer of the state, I have come to alert Mr. President of the potential danger of this injustice so that we can nip it in the bud.”

Are we about to witness another round of Wild, Wild West in a repeat of history that could crash Nigeria’s democracy? There is no doubt that the forces at play are blinded by ego and mad chase for political ascendancy.

INEC has a crucial role to play in averting the dark clouds in Ondo. The commission should have walked the narrow path of leaving PDP out of the loop, pending the final word from the Court on the position of its rightful candidate. Or, taking the practical and objective lane, INEC could have pointed out the fact that since it did not monitor the governorship primary purportedly held outside Ondo State, it would not list such a defective candidate for an election it was the final umpire.

This way, INEC would have shown that it has legs to stand on and eyes to see, but above all, that the conduct of its affairs has limits to outside interference. In the long run, the commission must have by now articulating areas of need for legislations to strengthen its mandate.

If what a high ranking APC chieftain said recently, that contending with two opposition governors in Southwest is too much for the party to bear is anything to go by, the ruling party wants to win Ondo by all means and at all cost. That is where the recollections of Omoboriowo and 1983 governorship chase would serve a useful end.


http://m.guardian.ng/features/policy-a-politics/ondo-2016of-inec-ballet-and-judicial-interlocutor/

Appeal update

The court of appeal seating for the second day has ruled that all the appeal will be consolidated and therfore direct all party to put all their breifing in written on Monday for judgement.

More details later

Johnnyessence:
tonye u are still on this matter hmmmmmmm jimoh ibrahim of sheriff faction is d authentic pdp governorship candidate.ur argument in d court does not hold any water.

God and sleep

Aketi is resting with his first lady in the other room

Johnnyessence:
hmm but aketi protrude peace in his life and his people not causing bloodshed and violence from pdp party.

Is that why Aketi send his rogue to beat Oke people pasting posters in Owo on Sunday

Johnnyessence:
pls don't mind them jare they always fail in their assignment.pdp is loosing their supporters big time.no hope for them in the forth coming governorship election.instead of them to address their issues between them selves they are busy pointing fingers to Apc as if apc was d one that elect the 2 faction chairmen.

PDP is not having hope yet you are here spending your whole time on PDP thread.

You see your life

Keballl:
He is a renowned Aregbesola donkey. A very slow species.

He's looking for evidence that I'm telling him info from Aketi town language. He refuse to interpret but continue to sprew noise.


They just keep shouting PDP is dead yet they cannot leave a dead party alone

Johnnyessence:
u see ur life hmm u av nothing I mean nothing to offer here.no evidence now u are just saying trash. That is how d masses will vote out pdp in d upcoming gubernatorial election. People can never be feed with series of lies again.that is emblem of pdp they are blood sucking party and lieing party.

Interpret that or you keep quiet

Johnnyessence:
and u that is wailer keep wailing ok.kindly show us d evidence and I will tell u that u are seriousa liar that does not hold any water.

Ughun yhe mgha soju ghe wghe ma ni joko ghe je ghen.

That's a statement in ogwo language.

Interpret that. Then we will continue

Johnnyessence:
hmmm u having serious headache because of pdp crisis hmmm u haven't see anything yet.it is when u see aketi d winner then u will be discovering hbp is coming up.u better don't give yourself hypentension,pdp is a goner in ondo state.good people of ondo state av reject d party since.they don't allow dictatorship to rule in their domain.

We shall see

Is that why Aketi is not campaigning.

Time will tell

Johnnyessence:
hmmmm I don hear u ooo u follow him enter owo his home town niii hmmmmm

Am talking to you asbthw event unfolds.

If you need evidence I will give you

Ratello:
That's nice to hear but why did PDP have to allow that Abang demon to throw yanma yanma for their door mat like this? This is too unhealthy for Ondo politics and I think Abang should be sanctioned and dealt with.

Even His Owo local government. He's not pulling anything

Ratello:
I tell you bro but do you think Eyitayo Jegede stands a chance with Aketi? It seems Aketi is pulling some stunts now

Akeku sorry Aketi ti keeeeeeti.

He's not pulling anything.

That is why they want to use abang to cause trouble

Abang is about to receive another Appeal punch

Akure people we know you are peace loving please e gba suuuuru laye


Abaaaaangiiiiiiii ti fe gba Ese (punch) from appeal again

Akure Youth give peace a chance.

Let Appeal deliver their judgment please

matador86:
Injunction so?Use your brain now. You went to a federal high court in the 1st instance for 1st hearing & the judgement was that, Ibrahim is the PDP candidate, you are suppose to appeal at the federal court of appeal,you applied & your application was thrown out,you now ran to a lower court that gave a useless judgement. Ibrahim is the man. Ride on

Hear yourself out again.

Is abang an appeal court.

Case is already at at appeal.

They only go back to give Abaang appeal notification

An Akure High Court on Thursday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from substituting the name of Eyitayo Jegede as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the November 26 governorship election. ‎

The Ahmed Makarfi faction of the PDP had gone to court to seek an exparte order to stop the recent move by Jimoh Ibrahim, the candidate produced by the Ali Sheriff faction. Mr. Ibrahim wants INEC to list him a the authentic candidate on the strength of a ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

On Thursday, Justice William Olamide of the Ondo court while ruling on the exparte motion, noted that it would be out of order for INEC to replace or substitute Mr. Jegede’s name while the motion on notice was still pending. He said such ‎would contravene the principles of “equity, justice and fairness.”

He directed the PDP to ensure service of the order granted, which is the motion on notice and originating summons on INEC before the next date of hearing fixed for November 7.‎
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“It is hereby ordered as prayed. The defendant/respondent is hereby restrained either by itself, chairman, commissioners, agents and servants, officers or privies or through any person or persons, howsoever from changing, replacing, removing, substituting or in any manner tampering with the name, Eyitayo Jegede SAN as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship election slated for November 26, 2016 pending the determination of motion on notice,” the judge said.

“In the interest of justice and fair hearing, the Claimant/Applicant is hereby ordered to ensure service of the order herein granted, the motion on notice and originating summons on the Defendant/Respondent before the next date of hearing.”

The final list of candidates for the election is expected from INEC before the end of Thursday.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that INEC was on the verge of reaching a decision on the crisis rocking the party before Thursday’s court order.

The two candidates are laying claim to the ticket to contest for governor of Ondo State after they emerged from two separate primaries.

With barely one month to the election, the desperation to emerge victorious has heightened undermining the reconciliatory efforts by leaders of the party.

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/213817-ondo-court-restrains-inec-replacing-pdp-governorship-candidate.html/

Mathemagician1:
Such an unstable character I must say. This is the same man that vigorously attacked a SS President with series of articles, called him unprintable names and portrayed his kinsman as lazy, clueless and incompetent until his Government collapsed. Surprisingly, it is the same person that is propagating himself as the spokesperson of the ND people and the protector of their interest.

TonyeBarcanista, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but look around you, no one takes you serious anymore. PDP don't want you because you can't be trusted, APC don't trust you because you betrayed them once. Politically you stand for nothing bro, all you care about is where your next meal is coming from hence your unpredictable loyalty. Heck, even your SS brothers don't associate with you on this forum.

It's over 2 years now and you have not get over the shock of Barca going back to PDP.

Are you one of the corrupt cabals surrounding Buhari ni.

How do you know PDP did not want him.
Who told you his SS brothers did not want him.

Anyway truth is always bitter.

TonyeBarcanista:
Even the President is not clean himself

How can he be clean.

If Buhari is clean I challenge him to bring Dasuki to court tommorrow.
If Buhari is clean I challenge him to tell nigeria what and what military hardware bought by Gej

Afam4eva:
Abeg make we hear word. One minute you're saying one thing, another minute you're saying something else. The only thing consistent in your articles is the grammar you use to deceive people. Choose a stand and stand by it and stop moving wherever breeze puushes you to.

Heyaaaaaaaa I am a sorri hoooooo

Who did this to you.

Are you one of the corrupt cronies and crooks associates of PMB that's it's paining you like this.

Buhari will remain the most pro-corruption crusader of all time in the history of Nigeria.

His antecedents are still much close by.

Afam4eva:
Abeg make we hear word. One minute you're saying one thing, another minute you're saying something else. The only thing consistent in your articles is the grammar you use to deceive people. Choose a stand and stand by it and stop moving wherever breeze puushes you to.

Heyaaaaaaaa I am a sorri hoooooo

Who did this to you.

Are you one of the corrupt cronies and crooks associates of PMB that's it's paining you like this.

The president that surrounds himself with crooks and thief.

His continually habouring of indicted thieves in his cabinets will continue to make him the most corrupt president in Nigeria.

Buhari will remain the most pro-corruption crusader of all time in the history of Nigeria.

His antecedents are still much close by.

erunz:
Happy birthday to you my stubborn friend

Heeeeeeeee @Stubborn Friend.

Barca are you stubborn.

TonyeBarcanista:
There is Action Committee to ensure that the planning committee act within the time frame. There is also review committee to vet the work of Action Committee.

Implementation committe are on alert.
While the white paper committee is already working to give the review committe a boost

Comrades wahooooooooo

Best wishes to you.

Wa gbo ......
Wa to....

Happy Birthday

drshrewd:
how about others? how about the huge money that where found in their account.

at least there are concrete proof to back up the accusation meted on them by the DSS. It is left for them to prove their innocence in the court of law unlike the verbal way they are currently accusing the transport minister without any concrete evidence

You are just jumping from on commentating invohenremt comments.

So you agree that DSS actually plant those money. Fine that you agree, let EFCC come to disvclaim this.

@OP lie muhhamed must be your brother

robosky02:
is the EFCC

not hearing the allegations why no questioning

mikron, TonyeBarcanista, Truckpusher, temitemi1, KingTom, rokiatu, Ajibel, Seun, ireneony,

You want to hear how PMB election was funded.

PMB Is not ready for that right now. He's still fighting kwuruftion

News reaching out is that Appeal court restrains lnec from replacing or tampering with Eyitayo Jegedes name on their list.

More details coming soon

Eight days after operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, raided their homes, Justices Nnamdi Dimgba and Adeniyi Ademola, yesterday, resumed sitting at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. This came on a day the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, began interrogation of two Federal High Court judges, Mohammed Nasir Yunusa and Hyeladzira Ajiya, accused of corruptly enriching themselves in the course of their duty.

However, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, said corruption in the judiciary was worse than crimes against humanity, noting that as custodians of hope of the last man, judicial officers could not afford to be corrupt.

The DSS had in the process of a “sting operation” it conducted between October 8 and 9, ransacked the Abuja homes of both judges. The said operation had resulted in the arrest and detention of seven superior court judges, among whom were two Justices of the Supreme Court — Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta. Though Justice Ademola was among judges arrested and subsequently granted administrative bail,

Justice Dimgba was freed after his house situated at the Apo Legislative Quarters was thoroughly searched by security operatives, who allegedly carted away several documents, including drafts of yet-to-be-delivered judgements. Since the incident occurred, the two judges have not sat to preside over cases pending before their respective courts until yesterday.

Whereas Justice Ademola sat at Court 7, his counterpart, Justice Dimgba presided over matters at Court 11. Justice Ademola, who sat for close to two hours, attended to 12 cases, with two of them pending cases against the DSS. Specifically, the two cases were fundamental rights enforcement applications by persons currently held in DSS custody. While the first suit marked CS/518/2016 was filed by one Olusegun Komolafe, with the Director-General of the DSS and another as respondents, the second suit, marked: CS/498/2016, was also lodged against the DSS by one Engr Chidiebere Onwudiwe.

Hearings in both matters were stalled by failure of the DSS to send any legal representation before Justice Ademola. Consequently, the judge deferred hearing in the suits after he ordered that fresh hearing notices should be served on the DSS.

Both Justices Dimgba and Ademola are currently awaiting the nod of the National Judicial Council, NJC, to drag the DSS to court over the “illegal invasion” of their homes, which they said amounted to gross violation of their constitutional rights. Among cases Justice Dimgba heard, yesterday, was a suit by a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Mr. Olusegun Abraham.

The judge, in a bench ruling, ordered the service of all the relevant court processes, on APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun and the party’s purported governorship candidate, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu via substituted means. The order followed an application by counsel to the plaintiff, Professor Yemi Akinseye-George (SAN), who complained that his client found it difficult to serve the respondents personally.

The suit is, among others, challenging the competence of the governorship primary election the APC held in Ondo State on September 3. The plaintiff, who raised eight questions for determination, is praying the court to among others, declare that the primary was held in violation of provisions of the APC’s Electoral Guidelines for Governorship primary election 2014.

He said the primary also flouted the party’s constitution and was, therefore, invalid and incapable of validly producing Akeredolu as a candidate. He also seeks an order setting aside the primary for alleged non-compliance with provisions of the party’s primary election guidelines and constitution. Abraham, who emerged second in the primary, equally wants the court to set aside the purported submission of Akeredolu’s name to INEC by Odigie-Oyegun and the electoral body’s acceptance of the name as the APC’s candidate for the forthcoming governorship election.

He also sought an order compelling INEC to extend time within which the APC could conduct a fresh primary based “on the congress and congress appeal committee’s delegates’ list 2014 and in compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, the constitution of the APC, the party’s electoral guidelines 2014 and the 1999 Constitution, as amended.”

Two Federal High Court judges quizzed

The two Federal High Court judges, Mohammed Nasir Yunusa and Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa, were summoned to the Lagos Office of the EFCC, where they were being quizzed by top operatives. According to information available to Vanguard, the two men arrived EFCC’s office around 10.05 am and were immediately ushered into their interrogation room.

“Their invitation is sequel to the bribery and money laundering allegations the commission discovered during investigations in an ongoing case in which two senior lawyers had been arraigned in court.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/sting-judges-back-sit-over-cases-against-dss/

TruthisOut:
I am not making excuses for him. I am only referring people to the more serious case pointed out by Aisha. Certain group of people are playing us which Buhari as u rightly say is aware of them.

Please who are him cabals the wife is referring to. Her silence in those cabals will not solve him prblems on ground