People Democratic Party, PDP kini show?!
The New Peoples Democratic
Party on Thursday said it would storm the Wadata Plaza national
secretariat of the party to ensure that one of its core members, Prince
Olagunsoye Oyinlola, was inaugurated as the national secretary of the PDP.
It said the Bamanga Tukur-led
National Working Committee of the party had no reason to delay
Oyinlola’s inauguration in compliance with Wedneday’s judgment by
the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirming Oyinlola as the
authentic national secretary of the PDP.
The New PDP which
has Oyinlola as one of its promoters and current national secretary,
added in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief
Chukwuemeka Eze, that the verdict had corrected part of
the anomalies it had been complaining about in the PDP.
It therefore advised
the National Legal Adviser of PDP, Mr. Victor Kwom, to stop
further studying of the judgment and ensure that
Oyinlola, resumed duty latest by Monday.
Although the Deputy
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP , Mr. Ibrahim Jalo,
said the party would abide by the court’s
verdict, its National Legal Adviser, Victor Kwom, told our
correspondent that the judgment was still being studied.
But Eze, in his statement said,
“We received this historical judgment delivered yesterday(Wednesday) by
the appeal court in Abuja through Justice Joseph Tor, with great joy and
gratitude.
“We once again commend and
congratulate the judiciary for taking a firm stand for the truth in the face of
the plot by some unpatriotic elements to cause confusion in the PDP with a view
to destroying this great institution which some of us have laboured for many
years to build.
“The PDP National Legal
Adviser, Mr. Victor Kwom, should stop further studying of the
judgment which was very clear even to a layman and set in motion, the machinery
for the immediate swearing-in of Prince Oyinlola by next week Monday,
November 11, 2013, as he is in a hurry to start the rebuilding of the party.
“Kwom, who saw to Prof
Wale Oladipo’s inauguration as national secretary within 24 hours
after his own court victory should apply the same treatment to the authentic
National Secretary of the PDP and stop portraying our party as lawless by attempting to delay
his Oyinlola’s inauguration .
“We thank some of the
Bamanga Tukur’s NWC members and most of the members of staff of
the PDP in
the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the party, who
have called to congratulate Prince Oyinlola and want him to be
inaugurated today(Thursday).
“However, we have
already told them privately that that would not be possible as
Prince Oyinlola is presently not in Abuja. Monday, November
11 , 2013 is okay as the inauguration date and we are preparing to
storm the PDP national secretariat to claim what rightfully belongs to us.”
He added that the court of
appeal judgment had shown that the days of Tukur as the PDP
national chairman and other NWC members of the party, were
numbered.
Eze said that
the New PDP hoped that very soon, its other court
cases asking for the dissolution of the Tukur-led NWC would be
given serious attention to enable its members to take
over the reins of the party and restore it to the path of honour, justice and
democratic norms.
He added that
Oyinlola was ready and determined to rebuild the party.
Athough Jalo
said the PDP would abide by the judgment, it
would still appeal it.
He said, “We are
still studying the judgment and we are definitely going on appeal. The PDP is
a law-abiding party and we have the utmost respect for the Judiciary.
“The court has taken a
decision and you will agree with me that since this thing began, the President
and the National Chairman of the PDP have always respected the position of the
law on all issues.
“For now, there is nothing
we can do other than to respect the judgment of the court while we go on
appeal.”
Before Jalo spoke , Oyinlola
had said the judgment had vindicated him.
Oyinlola added in a text
message to our correspondent in Abuja, that the verdict
had further reinforced his belief in the saying that “the
path of truth may be long; but its destination is
definite.”
He said, “’I give
glory to God that my stand that I was unjustly removed has been vindicated by
the appeal court. The position of the law and the constitution of the PDP on
this matter is very clear.
“I don’t want to pre-empt
anybody but you would remember that the PDP immediately complied with the
judgment of Justice Abdul Kafarati which removed me from
office, claiming to be a law-abiding organisation.
“I don’t know if there will
be a variance of stand now that the appellate court has ruled in my
favour. But let’s leave other issues for consideration as events unfold.”
Oyinlola said he would resume
office as soon as he returned to Abuja from his Okuku home in Osun State
probably next week.(Punch)
PDP.... Power....! Let wait and see what will happen on Monday but PDP led by Tukur must obey court order anyway...!
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