NAIJA NEWS
Amidst the stormy crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party, Timothy Osadolor has expressed optimism that the party would come out stronger and rejuvenated.
According to him, he is positive that the embattled national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu would survive the current turbulence despite speculations that plans to ensure his sack has thickened.
Naija News recalls that last week Monday, March 28, a Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Wilfred Kpochi issued an interim order restraining Ayu from “parading himself as the National Chairman of PDP.”
The order of the court followed an ex-parte application brought before the court by a PDP stalwart, Mr Conrad Utaan against Ayu and the PDP in a suit No MHC/85/2023.
However, it was learnt that Osadolor told The Punch that “Ayu is democratic and he is a man of high pedigree. That he obeys the laws of the land gives credence to his character and his person. It also means that he knows what he is doing, he knows what is good in the interest of the party and in the interest of building and strengthening our democratic processes.
“He will come back because the grounds upon which he was suspended are faulty and shaky and they have no basis in law.
“The restraining order was purported, it wasn’t given on the strength of his suspension but instigated by state actors through puppets executives in his wards which has no place in the constitution of the PDP. I mean people who have no right in the constitution of the PDP to suspend the national officers were arrogating themselves powers that they didn’t have.”
The PDP chieftain denied…
