Osun state PDP on Saturday said the National Vice Chairman, South West of the party , Hon Soji Adagunodo has been asked to immediately withdraw what it called ‘the belated court case on Osun PDP chairmanship tussle’ warning that the case had since been hijacked by the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Adagunodo had served as chairman of Osun state PDP before moving to the zonal level.
The party noted that it had in a strongly- worded statement, also alerted the public of the surreptitious agenda by Governor Gboyega Oyetola to influence the judiciary on the matter in order to allegedly stop the Governor-elect, former Senator Ademola Adeleke from taking office on November 27, 2022.
The PDP has therefore threatened to take all constitutional steps to actualize the November 27 handover date while expressing its readiness to petition the National Judicial Council on the apparent unprofessional conduct of the presiding judge, especially in the last proceeding of the court.
The Caretaker Chairman of the state PDP, Dr Adekunle Akindele in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.comon Saturday explained that Hon Adagunodo had since been exculpated with regard to the allegations leveled against him during his chairmanship by the National Executive Committee of the PDP and should therefore withdraw the case without further delay.
The party noted that it had gathered on good authority that Hon Adagunodo had claimed that he was not issued an official letter of clearance by the party’s NEC, hence his refusal to file a notice of discontinuance .
The statement however noted that the NEC clearance was the reason Adagunodo was able to contest and emerge as South West National Vice Chairman, adding that there was no further political or legal basis for not discontinuing the suit.
While justifying calls for the withdrawal of the suit, the PDP called the attention of the Vice Chairman, South West to the fact that the case has emerged as the main tool of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to attempt the disruption of November 27th, 2022 swearing- in ceremony.
‘To avoid becoming part of the plot to scuttle the will of Osun people and to prove that he is indeed not available for the APC reactionary agenda, Hon Adagunodo should urgently kick-start the process of case withdrawal’ the statement said.
The party further warned that failure to file a notice of discontinuance will confirm allegations that the APC, Hon Adagunodo and a section of the judiciary were conniving to throw Osun into a constitutional crisis, a development the party has vowed to legally resist.
The statement disclosed that the party has set machinery in motion to petition the NJC over the conduct of the presiding judge as his conduct during the last sitting echoed the boast on social media by Mr Oyetola’s supporters that November 27th, 2022 will not hold.
‘We are compiling all the observed unprofessional activities on this particular matter and we will duly approach the NJC.
We want to strongly advise the state judicial leadership to be sensitive to the conduct of some of its officials. The judiciary should not allow itself to be used against the will of Osun people’ the statement concluded- Team@orientactualmags.com
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