Suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has rejected the Appeal Court ruling refusing to stop this weekend’s conduct of the national convention of the party.
In a statement entitled: “Impunity must be resisted, I’m appealing the ruling,” issued by his media adviser, Ike Abonyi, Secondus noted that he respects the position of the court even though he disagrees with it.
He averred that the issue is not about him but the sanctity of the PDP constitution and democratic principles of justice and rule of law.
The statement read: “I have just been briefed of the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt, dismissing my motion to halt the national convention of the party. I respect the position of the court even though I disagree totally with it.
“Even as the substantive case is still pending at the Court of Appeal, I have instructed my lawyers to study the ruling with a view to appealing it immediately as no abuse of the constitution of our dear party should be allowed to stand.
“The issue is not about Prince Uche Secondus but about the sanctity of our party constitution and core democratic principles of justice and rule of law not only in PDP, but also in our democracy. No impunity must be condoned.
“I will therefore wish to emphasis the fact that I did not take the party to court and would not have done that.
“As a foundation member of this party who has served at various levels, I am very much abreast with the workings of the party.
“I have been a witness to how much harm litigations have done to our party in the past and as a result I have been a strong advocate against settling issues in courts.
“This was why I resisted and rejected entreaties of those who wanted me to go to court to halt these forces when it was obvious that they were determined to disrupt my leadership and truncate my tenure in office with the sole objective of hijacking the party for their selfish ulterior motives.
“To allow this travesty to stand is to reduce our beloved party to a level where anybody can wake up over night and remove officers against the proscribed constitutional process and the National Chairman for that matter. And purporting to use the judiciary through an experte order to legitimise same.”
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