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End Of Road For Osun Pdp by topsyn03(m): 1:20pm On Jul 06, 2018
Barr. Niyi Owolade Osun PDP lawyer advised party to shopping for another platform to field their candidate for September 22, on next gubernatorial election bcs of the Abuja court adjournment may be affected the party primary!
He also refers to refrains of INEC from participated in party Congress as a dilemma.
With the adjournment today of the case instituted by elected delegates of PDP in 2017 in their case against the party at the national and state levels,to say that all is not well with the Osun State chapter of the party is to say the obvious.
The Abuja High Court which adjourned the case from 4th June 2018 without vacating the injunction served to restrain the party from going ahead with any other congress, has again adjourned the case till October this year without vacating the extant order.
INEC as an important party in the suit had denied the knowledge of the congresses purportedly conducted by the party in Osun. This rebuttal by INEC is
one of the several hurdles the party has to scale before it can have a candidate in the coming election.

As observed by political pundits, the claim of alibi by INEC over the congresses illegally conducted by the party has dealt a deadly blow and a major set back to the party's preparation for it's governorship primary election on July 17th.

A school of thought is of the opinion that same INEC that denied being aware of other dealings of the party after it has been served the court processed way back in March 2018 can't be in attendance again to supervise the party's primary, without committing contempt of court.

"INEC'S position on the matter is clear, it is very clear that the body will not show up at the PDP's primary except the order is vacated before then. Otherwise any candidate picked at the primary is already disqualified in the eye of the law".

An Abuja based lawyer stated that with the adjournment and the refusal of the court to vacate its order of injunction, the chance of Osun PDP is getting slim.

He submitted that should the party go ahead and conduct its primaries on the 17th of July whoever emerges would be a product of illegality.
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Another observer posited that the likelihood of not having the logo of PDP on the ballot papers in the coming gubernatorial election in Osun state can't be ruled out.

"The refusal of the court to vacate the order in it's simplest interpretation is that everything done after the order had been served in March 2018, is null and void. This simply means that both local and State executives of the party are not known to law.

Furthermore, any new set of delegates produced by the Party while the case is pending are illegal delegates whose participation in the primaries would render the entire exercise null and void.

"In law the only recognised delegates of the party are those ratified by the National Convention of the party which is the highest organ of the party.""
At the Abuja High Court

PDP's objection to the legality of the court to hear the case was overruled which has constituted a major setback to the party that has been bragging that the case would put to rest today.

Also spirited efforts of the party's lawyers to convince the court to vacate the existing order was an exercise in futility as the court rejected their pleas and sustained the order.
With the sustenance of the order every thing done by the party especially the purported election of its Local and State executives and delegates remain invalid till October, therefore putting the chances and money of its aspirants in jeopardy.
What is certain at this moment is that things are no longer at ease in Osun PDP, as many aspirants are more than being careful in throwing their hats into the ring anymore.

Re: End Of Road For Osun Pdp by EASY39(m): 2:20pm On Jul 06, 2018
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