An Abuja High Court on Friday ordered the Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party to desist from parading itself as a parallel faction of the ruling party.

The court also recognised the Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee of the party as the authentic leadership of the party.

Mr. Tukur and other members of the National Working Committee, NWC, who were elected at the Special National Convention on August 31, had instituted the case seeking to restrain Mr. Baraje and two others from parading themselves as executive members of the party.

The others are the factional deputy National Chairman, Sam Jaja, and factional National Secretary, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who is a member of the faction, was also joined in the suit.

The ruling by the court came a week after a High Court sitting in Lagos dismissed a suit filed by the Baraje faction against the Bamanga Tukur-led leadership of the party.

Justice Adefope Okojie dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter because it originated outside its territorial jurisdiction.

The Baraje faction had approached the court on September 1 , asking it to restrain Mr. Tukur and three other officials of his faction- namely Uche Secondus, Kema Chikwe, and Olisa Metuh, who are the Deputy National Chairman, Woman Leader, and National Publicity Secretary respectively, from parading themselves as national officers of the party.

The decision of the Lagos court followed the preliminary objection filed by counsels to Mr. Tukur- Joe Kyari-Gadzama, and Emeka Etiaba.

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When will they be barred from being members of PDP..? that will be their best Punishment for being a nuisance to the society

Well now that things are turning against the Baraje-led nPDP, sound judgement has it that he should look for away to get integrated into the folk he had desecrated or find a new place in existing parties or at best register a new one.

Tukur 3 : 0 Baraje. What a match!

Messi versus Messi in a game of two halves

@topic,

This nails it.

Next time Baraje parades himself as PDP chairman, I won't be surprised if he is arrested and charged with impersonation.

Baraje and his band of disgruntled elements are on their way to prison for impersonation. It is better they move over to the PDM or sneak back to the PDP with their tails between their legs.
Whatever the case, they have shot themselves in the hip. Now they have to count on the President's goodwill.

Confirm!!..its now over..two courts in Abuja and Lagos and the Electoral body INEC has given Bamanga Tukur every recognition he needs...with this 2015 presidential ticket is safely in GEJ's pocket..no more nonsensical peace meetings, the president can now use the time for such meeting and do productive things

Fresh Air till 2019

Time to relieve Baraje of his appointment as Nigeria Railway Corporation board chairman...you can't bite the fingers that fed you

WE DO NOT MAKE NOISE, WE MAKE MOVES

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Rule of law.

Baraje and his band of "angry posers" can now look for something productive to do with their time.


We all know what happens When a dog decides to roar instead of bark.

This changes nothing. Even if they stop parading themselves as a new PDP, the fact is there is still divisions in the party. The court has not and will never tell them to bow before and follow the edicts of tukur and jonathan. So jonathan and his boys can enjoy their symbolic victory, afterwhich go back to the negociation table with aliyu bambagida and the rest..

awodman: Time to relieve Baraje of his appointment as Nigeria Railway Corporation board chairman...you can't bite the fingers that fed you

how typical. Nigerians scream against corruption but are actively encouraging political thuggery and imperialism when it suits them and the folks they support.

I don tire to dey hear Baraje news all d time, haba !

SERVES DEM RITE

I expected the court to also order for the arrest of Baraje and his fellow demoracy coup plotters

The nPDP members especially the governors are in a cross road here. Should they decide to dump PDP they will be relieved of their post as governors. If they stay put, which I think they will, they will be dealt with Tukur.Tukur has already set up a disciplinary committee.

Something tells me that Baraje's original motives was to deflect to APC with his group... The whole nPDP idea and all that saga was to cause more trouble for PDP before leaving them because nobody in his right senses would expect any court to recognize that thing they called nPDP. In any case, i personally feel non of them (PDP, nPDP, APC etc) is exactly what Nigeria needs.

Noted

Symphony007: This changes nothing. Even if they stop parading themselves as a new PDP, the fact is there is still divisions in the party. The court has not and will never tell them to bow before and follow the edicts of tukur and jonathan. So jonathan and his boys can enjoy their symbolic victory, afterwhich go back to the negociation table with aliyu bambagida and the rest..

Very LAME...even though it is coming from a DONKEY like yaself

i wonder if they watch CNN,BBC,ALJAZERA AND FRANCE24 etc and see how politician make policies,argue on national issue.but here greed and foolishness,its foolishness for nPDP to think that they can get legitmacy through court.personal intrest above national intrest.if they put 1% of this fight on corruption and boko haram then it will be a easy ride on FG,most of them will hide information and allow people to died just because they want nigeria to see the President as week and be critized forgetting the lives lost.i just hope the new generation will be allowed..

oshyno: The nPDP members especially the governors are in a cross road here. Should they decide to dump PDP they will be relieved of their post as governors. If they stay put, which I think they will, they will be dealt with Tukur.Tukur has already set up a disciplinary committee.

The same way Govs. T A Orji(PPA-PDP), Rochas Okorocha(APGA-APC, Isah Yuguda(ANPP-PDP), Ikedim Ohakim(PPA-PDP, Aliyu Shinkafi(ANPP-PDP) were relieved of their post when they defected??
Shameless and ignorant sycophant!

bad begining

jonathan is d boss

The greatest loser in this crisis is the insolent,arrogant and irresponsible Gov Amaechi of Rivers Statea. Already he busy running around begging Celestine Omehia to discontinue the the in the supreme court. If Omehia agrees what about ALL the propaganda on local and foreign media against President Jonathan.Who will accept to beg President Jonathan for Gov Amaechi ??.Gov Amaechi surly is the greatest loser because he has offended majority of Nigerians nay the SS/SE by acts of betrayal.Let's watch and see

The greatest loser in this crisis is the insolent,arrogant and irresponsible Gov Amaechi of Rivers Statea. Already he busy running around begging Celestine Omehia to discontinue the case in the supreme court. If Omehia agrees what about ALL the propaganda on local and foreign media against President Jonathan.Who will accept to beg President Jonathan for Gov Amaechi ??.Gov Amaechi surly is the greatest loser because he has offended majority of Nigerians nay the SS/SE by his acts of betrayal.Let's watch and see

New PDP association of political gangstars, i hope you have heard what the court said. And let me also remind you G7 Gov that one of you will surely be use as scape goat in bringing peace to the PDP fold.
GEJ till 2019

We are watching. I belong to d new PDP in Rivers state

Clerverly:

The same way Govs. T A Orji(PPA-PDP), Rochas Okorocha(APGA-APC, Isah Yuguda(ANPP-PDP), Ikedim Ohakim(PPA-PDP, Aliyu Shinkafi(ANPP-PDP) were relieved of their post when they defected??
Shameless and ignorant sycophant!

Wait till they assemble the likes of Gadzama, best of legal luminaries then u will come back here and apologize. Then they will remind u dimwits that party won election not individual. By the way see the defection pattern.Virtually all are to PDP. As for Okorocha , untill there is a legal document to buttress that he is a card carrying member of APC, Chekwas okorie can do much.