Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Despite the judgement of the Court of Appeal that dismissed the enchantment of the Tanimu Turaki faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), filed by the Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, it stated it was occurring enchantment to Supreme court docket.
The Special Panel of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, delivered judgment within the swimsuit.
The enchantment CA/ABJ/CV/1221/2026 filed by Wabara and seven Others, in opposition to the unbiased National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 6 others, sought amongst different reliefs, an order vacating the judgment of the Federal High Court which refused to direct INEC to recognise the Interim National Working Committee led by Turaki, as constituted by the National Executive Committee assembly convened after the judgment of the Supreme Court.
The Panel presided by Justice Ugochukwu Anthony Ogakwu JCA, Justice Laja Balogun JCA and Justice Ruquayat Oremei Ayoola JCA (who learn the judgment) upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court per Justice Salim and dismissed the Appeal.
A press release by the National Publicity Secretary of the faction, Ini Ememobong, acknowledged that, “While we respect the judgment of the court docket, we’re decided to take our quest for justice anchored on reality to the apex court docket within the land.
“It is our perception that regardless of how deep the reality is buried, if these searching for it are persistent in digging, it’s going to someday resurface. We have instructed our attorneys to instantly file an enchantment earlier than the Supreme Court, within the hope that justice will ultimately be performed.
“The Peoples Democratic Party should as an opposition social gathering, supply various to the ruling social gathering, and never grow to be an appendage of it. Democracy survives solely when the opposition is robust sufficient to successfully interact the federal government.
“We urge all or members to remain firm and resolute as we approach the highest court of the land. We trust that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that when this victory is finally won, the pains we are passing through will make a good story for the survival of multiparty democracy and the next generation.”
