PDP crisis: Turaki-led faction heads to Supreme Court

The Tanimu Turaki-led National Executive Committee (NEC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to appeal the recent Court of Appeal judgment on the party’s leadership crisis at the Supreme Court.

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, had earlier this month nullified the party’s national convention held in November last year in Ibadan, Oyo State, and produced Turaki as the party’s national chairman.

The faction’s  National Working Committee (NWC) had earlier announced the intention to challenge the ruling at the apex court.

In a chat with journalists at the end of the 103rd NEC meeting in Abuja on Friday, the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said the party had already entered the appeal and filed applications for an accelerated hearing to protect the party’s legal standing.

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Ememobong explained that the NEC meeting was convened to deliberate on and ratify various decisions taken by the NWC and the Board of Trustees (BoT), acting on behalf of the party’s highest decision-making organ.

“The NEC came to the agreement that the decisions were taken in utmost good faith and therefore, without any dissension, unanimously ratified those decisions.

“This is to let our teeming supporters know that the process of saving our party is on course; all hope is not lost,” he said.

Ememobong clarified that while the legal battle continues at the apex court, the move did not inhibit the ongoing internal reconciliation efforts.

According to him, the party remains open to a “discontinuance or withdrawal” of the suit should agreeable terms be met between the contending factions.

Ememobong described reconciliation as a “journey toward a destination,” noting a visible de-escalation of hurtful rhetoric and hostilities between the two groups.

“The bus has left the station; the train has left the station. While we have not yet arrived at the final destination of total reconciliation, milestones have been achieved.

“We are avoiding mutually-assured destruction so that our candidates will have a solid platform to run on,” he stated.

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