FCT Court reaffirms Sheriff as PDP chair

JUSTINE Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja has reaffirmed

Ali Modu Sheriff as chairman and leader of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, with an attendant order for the Independent Electoral Com­
mission, INEC to accord him the necessary recognition by accepting his
nominees for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.
An enrolment order of the court in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/SC/2016, brought
before him, the judge stated that the Ahmed Makarfi Caretaker Commit­
tee lacks legitimacy in the eyes of the law, and cannot take any action
on behalf of the PDP.
Justice Abang who had earlier asked Makarfi’s lawyers to leave his
court had noted that the circumstances of Makarfi’s emergence as a
caretaker chairman of the PDP was both suspicious and in breach of ear­
lier court orders.
While making references to earlier court rulings of May 12 and 20, 2016,
as having foreclosed the emergence of new set of leaders for the party,
Justice Abang stressed that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff remains the lawful
chairman.
The judge ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC
to accept nominations of candidates for the governorship elections in
Edo and Ondo states from the Sheriff leadership and not from any other
person or persons or their proxies.
Culled from: http://sunnewsonline.com/fct-court-reaffirms-sheriff-as-
pdp-chair/