The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has dismissed an application for the stoppage of the Ward, Local and State Congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
Some suspended members of the party had approached the court, seeking to annual the earlier ward and local government congresses conducted by the party and stop the planned state Congress.
The court had at the last sitting fixed May 2 to rule on an application seeking to set aside the PDP ward and local government area congresses conducted on April 18 and 19.
Justice Ayo Oyebiyi had heard the application filed by eight members of the party led by Segun Odekunmi against the PDP and its Caretaker Chairman, Akindele Adekunle.
Justice Oyebiyi had earlier restrained the PDP from forging ahead with the conduct of the proposed congresses pending the determination of a suit before the court bordering on the suspension of some party members.
However, in his judgement on Tuesday, Oyebiyi said there was no nexus between the reliefs sought by the applicants in the originating summons and the application for injunction and therefore, dismissed the application.
Reacting, the prosecution counsel, Edmond Biriomoni noted that the court has given its verdict and they are going to consult with the plaintiff and chart the way forward.
However, he said “After this judgement, we are going to test it at the upper court, Justice is two way things, not just for the plaintiffs but also the defendants and court.
The order of court that status quo should be maintained and that is the bane of the second application which is to protect the sanctity of the court. We can not allow flagrant disobedience of court to fly, we are going to defend it”, He insisted.
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