Kogi Guber: PDP Drags Kogi Judge To NJC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to drag Justice John Olorunfemi of the State High Court IV, Lokoja, to the National Judicial Council, NJC following his judgment that nullified the party’s participation in the recent Kogi State governorship election.

The PDP in a statement accused the judge of working in cahoots with Governor Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress, APC to vitiate the case against the November 2019 governorship election that returned Bello to power.

The party in a statement expressed shock that Justice Olorunfemi would go to the extent of giving what was not pleaded by any of the parties in the case.

The case arose from the petition filed before the court by the PDP governorship aspirant, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim against the emergence of Engr. Musa Wada as the candidate of the party.

The judge in his ruling observed that the PDP primary was inconclusive and as such that there was no candidate.

But rejecting the judgment, the PDP in a statement issued by its national spokesman, Kola Ologbondinyan said:

“The judgment is a classical example of judicial rascality and scandalous travesty of justice which cannot stand, and for which our party will stop at nothing in exploring all legal avenues to immediately set it aside at the appellate courts.

“The following questions are pertinent; Why did the trial Judge proceed to declare the PDP primary invalid when there was no such prayer before the court? Why did the trial Judge declare that the PDP had no candidate for the Governorship election of 16th November 2020 when there was no such prayers before the court? Is the trial Judge a Santa Claus to award judgments that were not sought for?

“The conduct of the judge is completely unethical, a direct abuse of the law and powers of the court to satisfy the interest of the APC and Governor Yahaya Bello, in their failed bid to frustrate the retrieval of our governorship mandate at the tribunal.

“The PDP will take this matter to the very legitimate end and get redress at the appellate courts and we have instructed our lawyers accordingly.

“Our party believes that the ignoble conduct of the trial court does not represent the overall attitude of our judiciary. He acted on his own and must be seen in that light. 

“The PDP, therefore, intends to send a petition to the National Judicial Council (NJC) against the trial judge as his conduct amounted to gross misconduct, which our judiciary must not condone. Such judicial officer should not be allowed to continue to bring the institution of our judiciary to disrepute.”

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