Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, the self declared National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has returned to court asking it to stop the party from convening it’s National Executive Committee meeting or any other meeting.
In the motion, Gulak also asked the Court to stop the Acting National Chairman and the Party’s Secretary, Prince Uche Secondus and Prof. Wale Oladipo or any other persons from Presiding over any of the party’s meetings.
The plea by Gulak was contained in a motion filed by his lawyer, Mr. J.S. Okutepa (SAN) at the Court of Appeal on January 29, the motion reads; “Gulak is seeking an order restraining the party from allowing any other person to act as its National Chairman or preside over its meetings.” further urging the court to affirm that he “is the only person in the PDP that is legally allowed to occupy the office of the National Chairman of the party, except a December 16, 2015 judgment of Justice Baba Husaein is overturned by a superior court of competent jurisdiction.”
The Abuja Division of the Appeal Court has scheduled February 3 to hear the appeal.
Gulak has also through his lawyer Silva Opusunju filed another suit before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, asking the court to determine the validity of the December 16 judgement delivered by Justice Husaein while waiting for the outcome of his Appeal Court suit.
The respondents in the suit are; the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko; its National Secretary, Oladipo; and the party’s National Legal Adviser, Mr. Victor Kwon
Gulak in his suit before the Court has also asked the court to decide on Secondus’ contemptuous act of parading himself as the National Chairman of the PDP in spite of its ruling.