One of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, Dr. Cosmos Ndukwe, has debunked reports making the rounds that he has been disqualified from participating in the coming primaries of the party.
The Nation had reported that the Governor Samuel Ortom-led screening committee disqualified two presidential aspirants of the party last week.
It, however, emerged at the weekend that Ndukwe was one of the presidential aspirants disqualified by the PDP screening committee.
Ndukwe, a former Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and Commissioner for Trade and Commerce in a phone interview with our correspondent yesterday, said: “It is not true (that I have been disqualified by the PDP screening committee). What happened is that I am yet to be cleared and I need to meet with the committee tomorrow (today). There are some internal issues we are sorting out.
“You know that I am also a journalist and you know the inherent power of the constitution, especially as it concerns Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution.
“The powers there confide to the court that they can hear any matter, including any law made in Nigeria and even the laws made by the family.
“It is not an aberration for anyone to approach the court for the interpretation of a particular law.
“I think that is where we are. It is just based on what Governor Samuel Ortom- led standing committee said. Apart from that, there is need for further interpretation, not that I took the PDP as a family to court as being reported.”