COURT STOPS EX-OYO GOVERNOR, ALAO-AKALA FROM TAKING OVER STATE PDP EXCO

A judge in the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice Evoh Chukwu has halted moves by a former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, and his loyalists to take control of the Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. In his judgement,Chukwu restrained the PDP from dissolving the state Executive Committee of the party as Alao-Akala was said to have asked the national leadership of the party to do in a petition. The court held that the Yinka Taiwo-led executive committee having been elected for a four-year term on March 17, 2012, should not be dissolved until the expiration of the members’ term. The suit was instituted by Vice Chairman of the state executive committee of the party, Chief Solomon Ogunjimi. In granting the 12 prayers of the plaintiff, the court ordered that Ogunjimi should continue to be recognised as the Vice Chairman of the party in the state until the expiration of his tenure.

The judge equally restrained the defendants from recognising any group other than the state executive committee elected at the party’s state congress held on the 17th of March, 2012 in Ibadan, the state capital before the expiration of the four-year term of the said state executive committee. Justice Chukwu also restrained the defendants from conducting any primary congress or convention, in Oyo State in respect of the State House of Assembly, National Assembly and governorship elections in any venue except that designated by the state executive committee of the PDP in the state duly elected on March 17, 2012.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.