Politics
PDP management tussle: Turaki faction heads for Supreme Court
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has vowed to problem the Court of Appeal judgment affirming the choice of the Federal High Court within the celebration’s management tussle.
The faction disclosed this in an announcement issued on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, following the dismissal of an enchantment filed by Senator Adolphus Wabara and 7 others.
The enchantment, marked CA/ABJ/CV/1221/2026, was filed in opposition to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and 6 others.
The appellants had sought an order setting apart the Federal High Court judgment, which refused to compel INEC to recognise the Interim National Working Committee led by Turaki, as constituted by the National Executive Committee assembly held after the Supreme Court judgment.
However, the three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Ugochukwu Anthony Ogakwu, with Justices Laja Balogun and Ruqayyat Oremei Ayoola, who learn the judgment, upheld the choice of the decrease courtroom and dismissed the enchantment.
Reacting to the ruling, the Turaki-led faction stated it revered the courtroom’s determination however would proceed to the Supreme Court in its quest for justice.
The assertion stated, “We have instructed our lawyers to immediately file an appeal before the Supreme Court, in the hope that justice will eventually be done.”
The faction maintained that the PDP should stay a powerful opposition celebration able to offering an alternative choice to the ruling celebration reasonably than turning into its appendage.
“The Peoples Democratic Party must, as an opposition party, offer an alternative to the ruling party, and not become an appendage of it. Democracy survives only when the opposition is strong enough to effectively engage the government,” the assertion added.
It additionally urged its members to stay steadfast, expressing optimism that the Supreme Court would ultimately ship justice.
The faction stated the result of the management disaster might have implications for the survival of multiparty democracy in Nigeria and future generations.
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