TVC E. Justice Makhmud Liman of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday adjourned till July 4 for judgment in the matter brought before him by national officers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the May 21 National Convention of the Party.
The Party held parallel conventions in Port Harcourt and Abuja. While acting National Chairman Ali Modu Sheriff convened that of Port Harcourt, the Party’s Elders organised the Abuja meeting. They were to elect their new executives to run the party.
The caretaker chairman approached the Court on May 23 to seek an order of interim injunction stopping Sheriff from parading himself as the National chairman. He also asking the court to validate the Port Harcourt convention which produced the caretaker panel.
Sheriff headed for the court in Abuja to challenge the legality of the Port Harcourt convention hinging it on a purported order by the Abuja conveners to stop that of Port Harcourt.
Justice Liman granted the order, and adjourned the matter till June 7, for hearing.
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