PDP Member Asks Court to Nullify Mu'azu's Appointment as Chairman
National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu
Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to nullify the appointment
of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji
Adamu Mu'azu, on the grounds that it was done in violation of Sections
45(1) and (2) of the party's constitution.
The plaintiff, Mr. Emmanuel Onu, who claimed to be a member of the PDP, is praying the court for a declaration that the purported resignation letter of Bamanga Tukur presented by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party was in clear violation of Sections 47(5) and (6) of the party's constitution.
The defendants are the PDP, Mu'azu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Mu'azu was appointed by the party's NEC to succeed Turkur, who resigned as chairman on January 15 this year.
The plaintiff asked the court to hold that Mu'azu's appointment was invalid.
He asked the court to nullify Mu'azu's appointment as PDP chairman on the further grounds that it did not comply with the provisions of Section 85(1) and (3) of the 2010 Electoral Act and Section 223(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
He also wants the court to direct the immediate re-instatement of Tukur as the national chairman of the party or in the alternative order the deputy national chairman to pilot the affairs of the PDP until due process of electing a valid national chairman was complied with.
The court was also asked to stop Mu'azu from parading himself as the national chairman of the party and to also order INEC to stop further correspondence with Mu'azu.
In a 15-paragraph affidavit, the plaintiff averred that the appointment of Mu'azu as the National Chairman was premature and unconstitutional.
He asked the court to determine whether the purported swift resignation of Tukur at the 63rd NEC meeting of PDP was compliance with Section 47(5) and (6) of the 2012 party's constitution of the PDP.
He also wants the court to decide whether the process and procedure that produced Mu'azu complied with the party's constitution.
Also, the court was asked to determine whether the appointment, emergence and continued stay in office of Mu'azu as the national chairman of the PDP was in compliance with provisions of Section 85(1) and (3) of the 2010 Electoral Act and Section 223(1) of 1999 constitution.
A lawyer and a member of the party, Ezionye Ndubuisi, had earlier asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to remove Mu'azu as the chairman of the party.
The plaintiff, Mr. Emmanuel Onu, who claimed to be a member of the PDP, is praying the court for a declaration that the purported resignation letter of Bamanga Tukur presented by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party was in clear violation of Sections 47(5) and (6) of the party's constitution.
The defendants are the PDP, Mu'azu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Mu'azu was appointed by the party's NEC to succeed Turkur, who resigned as chairman on January 15 this year.
The plaintiff asked the court to hold that Mu'azu's appointment was invalid.
He asked the court to nullify Mu'azu's appointment as PDP chairman on the further grounds that it did not comply with the provisions of Section 85(1) and (3) of the 2010 Electoral Act and Section 223(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
He also wants the court to direct the immediate re-instatement of Tukur as the national chairman of the party or in the alternative order the deputy national chairman to pilot the affairs of the PDP until due process of electing a valid national chairman was complied with.
The court was also asked to stop Mu'azu from parading himself as the national chairman of the party and to also order INEC to stop further correspondence with Mu'azu.
In a 15-paragraph affidavit, the plaintiff averred that the appointment of Mu'azu as the National Chairman was premature and unconstitutional.
He asked the court to determine whether the purported swift resignation of Tukur at the 63rd NEC meeting of PDP was compliance with Section 47(5) and (6) of the 2012 party's constitution of the PDP.
He also wants the court to decide whether the process and procedure that produced Mu'azu complied with the party's constitution.
Also, the court was asked to determine whether the appointment, emergence and continued stay in office of Mu'azu as the national chairman of the PDP was in compliance with provisions of Section 85(1) and (3) of the 2010 Electoral Act and Section 223(1) of 1999 constitution.
A lawyer and a member of the party, Ezionye Ndubuisi, had earlier asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to remove Mu'azu as the chairman of the party.
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