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PDP convention to go on despite court order – Wike

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Friday, insisted that the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will go on as planned today, Saturday, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, despite a court order stopping it.

Wike, who chairs the convention planning committee, said there were two conflicting court orders on the conduct of the convention and the lawyers of the party have filed a stay of execution processes, and have also appealed against both orders.

According to the Governor, who briefed journalists on the convention alogside the governors of Akwa Ibom, Abia, and Ebonyi states and the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, the party has not disobeyed any subsisting order.

​Wike said: “Under legal procedures, once a court order is timeously challenged, an affected party cannot be said to have disobeyed any order”.

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He also insisted that the Port Harcourt convention was the only one recognized by law, since the party has observed all the necessary legal steps.

The Governor added the Port Harcourt convention was approved by all the organs of PDP and that the parallel convention of the Prof Jerry Gana’s Concerned PDP Stakeholders has no place in the party structure, as it has no connection to the legally constituted organs of the party.

“INEC has already recognised this convention and it will be in Port Harcourt to observe the convention as required by law.

“All our 12 elected governors, national assembly members, state assembly members and key leaders are already in Port Harcourt for the convention​,​”​ he said.​

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