The decision of an Abuja court to strike out a suit on the legality of the executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State was to prevent the abuse of court processes since the same matter is before an Ibadan High Court, counsel to a faction of the party, Adeniyi Akintola, has said.
Mr Akintola described as ‘erroneous’ the interpretation given to the verdict by a local media that the court had validated the party’s executive council in the state.
He said the opposition leader, Lekan Balogun, was not aware of the existence of the Ibadan suit earlier instituted by the other party, saying the Abuja court had to strike out the case because the one filed in Ibadan preceded it.
The state’s media regaled its audience with news of the Abuja court decision last week, but with the impression that the court had cleared the executive of the allegation of illegality hanging on its neck since its inception.
Mr Akintola noted that the news misled the public, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had also maintained that the state executives of eight states, including Oyo, were mere sham as their emergence did not comply with the provision of law.
“The present INEC cannot be intimidated by any party and any party that feels otherwise is doing so at its own peril and my candid advise for the ruling party in Oyo State is to tread the path of honour by doing that which is right, so that other parties will have not have undue advantage over it,” he said.
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