The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has fixed August 21, to deliver its judgment on the authentic legal representation for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a suit filed by the BOOT Party seeking to remove Martins Amaewhule and 24 others.
The party filed the suit challenging the eligibility of Amaewhule and 24 others to still be members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and PDP after allegedly defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
When the matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, July 17, the national legal adviser of PDP, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, sought to resolve the issue of legal representation of the party and asked the court to stop Joshua Musa, SAN, to stop his appearance for the PDP.
Ajibade further prayed the court to discontinue all processes filed by Musa on behalf of the PDP.
He argued that he remained the sole representative of the party in the suit and referred the court to an affidavit of joinder presented by Musa especially paragraph two where the deponent, one Kingsley Chukwu affirmed that he had the mandate of the national party to join the matter.
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The PDP national legal adviser argued that the two judgements from a federal high court as presented by Musa never deprived the national legal adviser of the sole right to oversee the legal affairs of the PDP.
He said the judgements only touched on article 42 of the party constitution and urged the court not to recognize the appearance of Musa in the matter.
In his reply on point of law, Musa, SAN, urged the court to discountenance the submissions of Ajibade relying on his argument in paragraph two of his affidavit in support of the joinder.
He argued that the exhibits presented by the national legal adviser of PDP were unsigned documents and were valueless, describing them as concocted as he urged the court not to recognize the national legal adviser of PDP to represent the party in the suit.
In his ruling, the Presiding judge, Justice E.O Obele adjourned till the 21st of August, 2024 to rule on the rightful person to represent the PDP in the suit.