PDP crisis: Chief Judge steps in to address contradictory court rulings
Tue Aug 23, 2016 09:48:am Politics
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
As the crisis within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta, has stepped in to correct inconsistencies in court pronouncements, as regards the leadership tussle between the Ahmed Makarfi caretaker committee and the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the party.
Contradictory court verdicts on the issue have led to questions about the integrity of the judiciary; thus, Justice Auta cut short his vacation outside the country and returned to Abuja, to address the situation.
With a view to consolidating issues in the various applications, the Chief Judge has ordered for all case files relating to the matter to be brought before him.
Sources close to the Federal High Court hinted that Justice Auta equally requested each of the judges handling matters relating to the PDP imbroglio to brief him, so that he can take steps to correct impressions created about the Judges to the effect that they have been compromised.
The Chief Judge also made earlier attempts to arrest the situation, by directing all Judges handling PDP matters to strictly look at issues from the legal view point, and to avoid being influenced by politicians.
Contradictory court verdicts on the issue have led to questions about the integrity of the judiciary; thus, Justice Auta cut short his vacation outside the country and returned to Abuja, to address the situation.
With a view to consolidating issues in the various applications, the Chief Judge has ordered for all case files relating to the matter to be brought before him.
Sources close to the Federal High Court hinted that Justice Auta equally requested each of the judges handling matters relating to the PDP imbroglio to brief him, so that he can take steps to correct impressions created about the Judges to the effect that they have been compromised.
The Chief Judge also made earlier attempts to arrest the situation, by directing all Judges handling PDP matters to strictly look at issues from the legal view point, and to avoid being influenced by politicians.
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