{"id":87081,"date":"2021-10-15T17:58:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87081"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:58:01","slug":"defection-pdp-wants-court-to-sack-gov-matawalle-3-senators-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/defection-pdp-wants-court-to-sack-gov-matawalle-3-senators-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Defection: PDP wants court to sack Gov Matawalle, 3 senators, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1713704423897339832\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday sought court order, joining the three Zamfara senators and 27 other lawmakers who defected from the the party to All Progressives Congress (APC) in a suit against\u00a0 Gov. Bello Matawalle.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe PDP, through its counsel, O.J. Onoja, SAN, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja in a motion for joinder marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/650\/2021 dated and filed Sept. 30.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP specifically is asking the court to sack Matawalle, the three senators, six House of Representatives members and all the lawmakers in the state\u2019s house of assembly that\u00a0 dumped the party for APC.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that the PDP had earlier sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governor of Zamfara and Chief Judge of Zamfara as 1st to 7th defendants respectively.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gov Matawalle alongside the three senators, six House of Representatives members and all the 24 members of the Zamfara House of Assembly had, on June 29, defected to the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>While the governor defected to APC, the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau, did not.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAgainst this development, the PDP had sought the court order, joining Matawalle as 8th defendant since only his office was sued in the earlier application.<\/p>\n<p>The party, which urged the court to joing his deputy, Gusau, as 2nd plaintiff to the suit, also prayed the court to join the senators, the House members and the 24 lawmakers in the state as 7th to 38th defendants.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe PDP, in an originating summons dated and filed on July 8, had sought the court interpretation of Sections 1(2), 188, 287, 221, 177(c) , 106(d) and 65(2)(b), among other provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended for a determination of four principal questions as set out in the application.<\/p>\n<p>It aksed the court to determine whether Matawalle and\u00a0 all the lawmakers are eligible to continue to occupy the various political offices into which they were elected on the platform of the plaintiff.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThat part of the complaint of the plaintiff in the originating summons also relates to the attempts of the 5th to 7th defendants to initiate and commence impeachment proceedings against the 2nd party (Gusau) sought to be joined, who is a member of the plaintiff political party and was elected to the office of deputy governor of Zamfara State on the platform of the plaintiff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the parties sought to be joined were mentioned in the originating summons by name and their actions and inactions form part of the material facts that gave rise to the cause of action and subject matter of the originating summons and are thus persons whose interests may be affected by the outcome of this case,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>The party said the application was brought in the interest of justice to join the said persons as co-plaintiff and defendants to enable the court effectively and effectually consider and resolve all the issues in controversy in the case once and for all and avoid a multiplicity of actions over the same subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>It said the move was to ensure that \u201cthe ends of justice are not defeated by mere technical objections as to joinder of parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the matter was called, Onoja notified the court about three motions he had which he decribed as \u201charmless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber one is a motion on notice for extention of time filed and served on Sept. 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second one is a motion for extension of time filed on Oct. 12 and served,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>After the two motion were not opposed by lawyers to defendants, Onoja adopted them and they were granted as prayed by Justice Ekwo.<\/p>\n<p>However, when Onoja was about to move the motion for joinder dated and filed Sept. 30, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, who was counsel to the 5th, 6th and 7th defendants (Speaker of House of Reps., the governor and chief judge of Zamfara) interjected.<\/p>\n<p>Ozekhome argued that the application filed since Sept. 30, was only served on them three days ago.<\/p>\n<p>He said what the PDP planned to do was to ambush them and recreate a new case because the people it sougt to be joined were not even members.<\/p>\n<p>He said more time would be needed to study the motion.<\/p>\n<p>The judge adjourned the matter until Nov. 2 for hearig of the motion, seeking the court order to join some parties in the suit.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday sought court order, joining the three Zamfara senators and 27 other lawmakers who defected from 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