Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has been ordered by a Federal high court docket to right away vacate its country wide Secretariat in Abuja.
The competition birthday party gave the directive following an order of a Federal excessive court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers country and became contained in a announcement issued by its Head of exposure, Chinwe Nnorom on Thursday.
The declaration reads, “The Federal excessive courtroom sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers kingdom on Thursday, June 6, 2016 heard the case between the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff & co on match No: FHC/PH/CS/524/2016 restraining Senator Sheriff and his co-defendants from parading themselves as countrywide officers of the celebration and to realize the country wide caretaker committee as constituted via the national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, and an order of a court docket in Lagos restraining the PDP countrywide conference from undertaking elections into the offices of the countrywide chairman, countrywide secretary and national auditor.
“The courtroom after listening to the problem earlier than it, declared that each the ex-parte order restraining Senator Sheriff and his co-defendants from parading themselves as country wide chairman, national secretary, national auditor and different former countrywide officers of the birthday celebration which also recognises the countrywide caretaker committee, and the Lagos order restraining PDP from engaging in elections into the ones 3 places of work subsist. The court further adjourned the case till Monday, the 4th of July 2016 for judgment.”
The competition birthday party additionally disclosed that it has filed a contempt suit in opposition to the self-imposed Chairman of the birthday celebration for disobeying a previous courtroom order.
“In every other development, the Peoples Democratic celebration (PDP) has filed a case inside the federal excessive courtroom towards Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and his co defendants for contempt proceedings,” it stated.
“The case was filed accusing Senator Sheriff and co for misinforming birthday party participants, supporters and the general public that the ex-parte order match No: FHC/PH/CS/524/2016 dated 23rd of may also, 2016 expired after 14 days, whilst he may be very a good deal aware that the order subsists pending its final determination.
“The birthday party counting on the statement of the federal excessive court in Port Harcourt, Rivers country in addition assert that the violent invasion of the national secretariat of the PDP on Monday, June thirteen, 2016 is unlawful, null and void.
“The birthday celebration consequently needs that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and co have to vacate the secretariat immediately following the court announcement,” the celebration added.