The sacked executives of Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday expressed shock over the judgement by an FCT High Court ousting them from office, even as they blamed their fate on the ‘Oga and madam @the top’ syndrume.
The group, which is loyal to the state governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, and led by Godspower Akeh, was given the boot by Justice Ishaq Bello on Monday in favour of Felix Obuah-led group, loyal to the Minister of State for Education, Nyson Wike.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Rivers PDP Caucus said the judgement was in itself shocking, describing the ruling as a travesty of justice.
The group’s spokesman, Hon. Asita Honurable, who said it was shocking “to give judgement in favour of a clandestine group claiming to be duly elected state executive committee members.”
“This group of impostors who openly boast of having the support of ‘Oga and madam @the top’ did not even purchase nomination forms nor were they anywhere near the venue of the PDP state congress of the date in question,” he said.
While noting that records before the party’s national secretariat showed the sacked executives as the duly elected members, a position also canvassed before the court, he said “the trial judge could with temerity turn down a report from INEC who monitored the elections as prescribed by the Electoral Act as an unbiased umpire stating who won the March 17, 2012 state PDP Congress in Rivers state.”
Honourable disclosed that all available legal options would be explored to reverse the judgement, saying, “This travesty of justice and broad day light judicial robbery casts doubts in our minds over the much talked about reforms in the judiciary.”
The group, which further called on its supporters to be calm, assured that “this injustice will not stand the test of time as the triumph of evil over good is usually only temporary.”
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