The chaos within the Peoples Democratic Party might soon consume it as a Federal High Court has directed the IG to immediately arrest anyone claiming to be the Party's chairman or Acting chairman.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has directed the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase to arrest anybody who parades ‘himself or herself’ as the acting chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) pending the determination of a suit before it.
According to Justice Ibrahim Buba an earlier order given by the court stopping the convention of the party must be followed. The order invalidates any convention producing a new chairman or acting chairman.
Buba had ruled in a suit FHC/L/CS/613/2016, filed by the acting national chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff; the national secretary, Adewale Oladipo; and national auditor, Fatai Adeyanju, praying the court to abort the convention, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
Joining PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as defendants, the plaintiffs, all national officers of the party, averred that their tenures were yet to elapse, contending that allowing the convention would amount to abridging their mandates.