The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, said it has instructed its lawyers to appear before the court judgment affirming the Nyesom Wike-led faction as the legitimate leadership of the party.
New Telegraph reports that Justice Salim Olasupo Ibrahim of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, had on Friday upheld the preliminary objection of the defendants and struck out the case filed by the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) and some founding leaders of the party, seeking, among other reliefs, the recognition of the Kabiru Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee.
The court held that the subject matter of the suit is the leadership of the PDP, and therefore, it is an internal affair of the party, for which the court’s jurisdiction has been ousted.
The INWC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said while it respects the judgement of the trial court, “we respectfully consider that it is against the extant judgements of the Appeal and apex courts.”
The faction added that it is left with no other option than to appeal the judgement.
“The plaintiffs have accordingly briefed their lawyers to take immediate steps to appeal the rulings and judgment, ” NWC stated, and expressed the hope that in doing so, “the victory of truth over lies, principles over compromise and the survival of true opposition and multi-party democracy will be assured.”
According to the statement, “politics of power, money and greed may last for a while, but we are certain that though our victory may be postponed, as the struggle continues, we will eventually attain it.”
