A lawyer and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ezionye Ndubuisi, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to remove Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu as the chairman of the party.
Mu’azu was appointed by the party’s National Executive Committee to succeed Alhaji Bamanga Turkur, who resigned as the National Chairman of the party on January 15, 2014.
But Ndubuisi wanted the court to declare as illegal, unlawful, null and void the appointment of Mu’azu as the substantive National Chairman of the party on the grounds that he was not elected at the national convention of the party.
The lawyer, who argued that Mu’azu’s appointment violated provisions of Articles 31(2) and 45(2) of the party’s constitution, also wanted the court to restrain him (Mu’azu) from further parading himself as the PDP’s National Chairman.
He also asked the court to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately rectify its record by deleting Mu’azu’s name as the PDP National Chairman.
Though he stated in his supporting affidavit that the Deputy National Party of the PDP ought to have stepped in as an Acting National Chairman after Tukur’s resignation, the plaintiff was seeking an order among others reinstating the former National Chairman pending when a national convention would remove him (Tukur) from office.
The plaintiff, who prepared his court papers by himself, argued that the Deputy National Chairman of the party ought to have stepped in as the acting National Chairman of the party pending the holding of another election by the national convention.
The PDP, Mu’azu and the INEC are the first to third defendants in the suit.
The suit, in which the plaintiff raised three questions for determination, was filed on Tuesday and marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/678/2014.
The five major prayers being sought by the plaintiff include, “A declaration that the continued occupation of the office of National Chairman of the 1st defendant (PDP) by the 2nd defendant (Mu’azu) is illegal, unlawful, null and void as the 2nd defendant was not elected into the said office at the at the National Convention of the 1st defendant.”
Mu’azu was appointed by the party’s National Executive Committee to succeed Alhaji Bamanga Turkur, who resigned as the National Chairman of the party on January 15, 2014.
But Ndubuisi wanted the court to declare as illegal, unlawful, null and void the appointment of Mu’azu as the substantive National Chairman of the party on the grounds that he was not elected at the national convention of the party.
The lawyer, who argued that Mu’azu’s appointment violated provisions of Articles 31(2) and 45(2) of the party’s constitution, also wanted the court to restrain him (Mu’azu) from further parading himself as the PDP’s National Chairman.
He also asked the court to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately rectify its record by deleting Mu’azu’s name as the PDP National Chairman.
Though he stated in his supporting affidavit that the Deputy National Party of the PDP ought to have stepped in as an Acting National Chairman after Tukur’s resignation, the plaintiff was seeking an order among others reinstating the former National Chairman pending when a national convention would remove him (Tukur) from office.
The plaintiff, who prepared his court papers by himself, argued that the Deputy National Chairman of the party ought to have stepped in as the acting National Chairman of the party pending the holding of another election by the national convention.
The PDP, Mu’azu and the INEC are the first to third defendants in the suit.
The suit, in which the plaintiff raised three questions for determination, was filed on Tuesday and marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/678/2014.
The five major prayers being sought by the plaintiff include, “A declaration that the continued occupation of the office of National Chairman of the 1st defendant (PDP) by the 2nd defendant (Mu’azu) is illegal, unlawful, null and void as the 2nd defendant was not elected into the said office at the at the National Convention of the 1st defendant.”
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