PDP national convention has been declared open despite Abuja court order. The convention is taking place at the Rivers state government house in Port Harcourt. An Obstinate Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decided to go ahead with the party’s convention despite an Abuja court order stopping the convention.Daily Post reports that Makarfi has also inaugurated the National Executive Committee of the party at the Government House. At the meeting were PDP Governors, National Assembly Caucus , Board of Trustees, National Caucus, 36 State PDP chairmen and national Caretaker Committee members of the Party. In the early hours of today, policemen, soldiers and operatives of the Department of State Services had been deployed alongside Armoured Personnel Carriers to both the venue of the convention at the Sharks Stadium, to prevent it from holding.
On Monday, August 15, a Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the PDP national convention should not hold. However, a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt gave a comprehensive Order, specifically ordering the PDP to proceed with the convention as scheduled without hindrance Despite the Abuja court order, the PDP insisted it would go ahead with the convention as planned.
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