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Wike insists PDP faction’s convention must proceed despite court orders, appeal to Supreme Court
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Myesom Wike has insisted that the proposed national convention of the faction of the PDP loyal to him must proceed as scheduled, despite orders by two different courts notifying them of pending suits against the conversation.
It would be recalled that the Ebonyi State High Court and the Federal High Court in Abuja, had on Thursday and Friday, March 26th and March 27th respectively, ordered the faction be notified of cases seeking that the convention be put on hold.
The PDP faction, led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, had approached the two courts seeking that no convention be held on grounds that leaders of the national caretaker committee of Wike’s camp, including Samuel Anyanwu and others were no longer party members, having being earlier suspended and subsequently expelled from the PDP.
In addition, Turaki camp had on Friday, appealed to the Supreme Cour, seeking to restrain Wike’s faction from holding proposed national convention scheduled for March 29 and 30.
But, speaking on Friday night after inspecting the convention venue in Abuja, Wike said both the order from Abuja and Ebonyi State courts as well as the appeal to Supreme Court won’t stop the event.
“There is room for accommodation. The PDP is a very large party. Look at the umbrella, it is wide enough to accommodate everyone.
“I have always said that in any group, there will be grievances. You cannot expect that in a family of two or three people, everyone will always be satisfied, let alone a party with millions of members.
“There will always be a few who are not happy. We have agreed to meet with them, understand their concerns, and explore how we can accommodate them. What is most important is the overall interest of the party.
“We have already zoned our positions. Every zone has its own slots. The presidency has been zoned to the south, while the chairmanship is zoned to the north. We believe this consensus arrangement will make the process easier.”
The minister said the convention will be held as scheduled, adding that efforts to resolve internal disputes will continue afterwards.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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