Anambra: Court Rules against PDP Caretaker C’ttee – Thisday
December 19, 2009 by tim
An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf has again ruled against the Peoples Democratic Party over the constitution of the Osita Ogbu-led Caretaker Com-mittee of the party in Anambra state.
The dissolved state executive committee of the party led by Chief Ben Udeozor as acting chairman, Chief ROC Okpalaeke and other members of the state executive had gone to court claiming that their tenure in office was not over before they were dissolved by the National Executive Working Committee (NWC) led by Prince Vincent Ogbulafor.
The Ogbulafor led NWC had set up the Dr. Osita Ogbu committee to midwife the affairs of the party pending when a new state executive committee conducts a new election.
Even the last National Executive Committee meeting had also ratified the appointment of the Osita Ogbu Caretaker Comm-ittee, insisting that the state executive committee’s tenure had expired.
But Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf sitting in Court Seven in the High Court, Abuja issued a restraining order against the constitution and inauguration of the caretaker committee.
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf in suit number CV/42/09 ordered PDP to revert to the status quo pending the final determination of the suit before the court.
The court ordered the Osita Ogbu-led committee to stop parading itself as office holders till the suit before it is determined.
The order which was given Thursday was officially served on the National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Chief Olusola Oke yesterday.
In his reaction, the National Legal Adviser said that the party would appeal against the judgement of Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf latest by Monday as the party cannot allow for a vacuum.
