PDP hails court’s validation of Buruji’s expulsion

THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, declared that the validation of Senator
Kashamu Buruji’s expulsion from its fold by a Federal High Court in Abuja has vindicated its position that he was not the Party’s governorship candidate in Ogun State.

In a statement last night in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, it stated that with the ruling, the validity of Hon Ladi Adebutu, as the PDP governorship candidate in Ogun state was no longer in contention.

According to the Party, “given his expulsion from the PDP in July this year, Senator Buruji lost his membership of our party and as such, did not partake in any of our nomination processes; did not purchase the PDP governorship nomination form and did not participate in any way whatsoever in our Ogun state governorship primary, yet he had continued to cause confusion and parade himself as PDP candidate.”

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The Party then urged Nigerians, the people of Ogun state and particularly the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to take copious note of the judgment of the court, in suit no: FCT/HC/0303/2017, which today, December 13, 2018, affirmed the powers of the PDP, as provided in her constitution, to discipline and punish any member who contravenes any of the provisions of its constitution.”

According to the Party, “by this judgment, it is clear that Senator Buruji Kashamu is not a member of the PDP, and cannot, under any circumstance whatsoever, claim to be the governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun state, more so, when he never participated in any of our nomination processes.

“While hailing the judgment as a victory for democracy, the PDP charges INEC to copiously take note of the development and reflect such in every issue regarding the conduct of governorship election in Ogun State.”

It commended the people of Ogun State for standing steadfast with its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, who was already coasting to victory in the 2019 polls.