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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and the sacked National Caretaker Committee of the party led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi will get judgement over whether the latter group can file an appeal at the Supreme court in the name of the party.
The Sheriff’s group had argued that the Makarfi’s committee, having been declared illegal by the February 17, 2017 judgement of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, lacked the powers to take decisions for the party, including initiating court proceedings in its name.
The Supreme Court is, however, scheduled to hear the matter today.
Sheriff’s faction made its position known in a written argument it made in support of an application it filed on March 21, 2017 seeking the striking out of the appeal filed on February 27, 2017 by the Makarfi committee against the February 17 Appeal Court’s judgement.
The Sheriff-led PDP leadership argued that the decision of the Makarfi committee to file an appeal in the name of the PDP without its (the party’s) authorisation was not only illegal; it violated the party’s constitution.
The Sheriff’s group had argued that the Makarfi’s committee, having been declared illegal by the February 17, 2017 judgement of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, lacked the powers to take decisions for the party, including initiating court proceedings in its name.
The Supreme Court is, however, scheduled to hear the matter today.
Sheriff’s faction made its position known in a written argument it made in support of an application it filed on March 21, 2017 seeking the striking out of the appeal filed on February 27, 2017 by the Makarfi committee against the February 17 Appeal Court’s judgement.
The Sheriff-led PDP leadership argued that the decision of the Makarfi committee to file an appeal in the name of the PDP without its (the party’s) authorisation was not only illegal; it violated the party’s constitution.
