A lawyer, Barr. Abubakar Animiokhali, has said the Peoples’ Democratic Party has no option left other than painfully and patiently respecting the order restraining it from either suspending or expelling the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike from the party.
Animiokhali stated
this while commenting of the decision of the Abuja Federal High Court to
extending the order restraining the PDP from suspending or expelling Gov. Wike
from the party. According to Animiokkhali, that is the only option left for the
party.
He said, “The only
option that is left for the PDP and other respondents is for them to patiently
and may be painfully adhere and obey the court orders because any other of
court must be obeyed until set aside.”
On whether the court
will also deem action taken by Wike’s as violating it order, he said, the court
is not father Christmas to generously grant to the respondents what they didn’t
sought from it.
“The Idea of the
court granting for PDP what Wike sought for himself is not there. The idea of
the court adding to Wike is also not dear. The court will either give all that
you have asked for, or almost all that you have asked for even deny it
completely,” he said.
He also observed
that, governor Wike approaching the court will present prayers that will only
protect him.
According to
Animiokhali, “It was Wike that took complain to the court. I am not sure it
going to be part of Wike’s complain that he should be restrain from doing
anything that will be deemed anti – party by the respondent. No litigant will
do that. He is going to caugh the prayers in such a manner that only him will
be protected.”
Justice James
Omotosho on Tuesday after the counsel to the governor, Dr Joshua Musa, SAN, and
lawyer to the PDP and others, Johnson Usman, SAN, agreed on March 6 to argue
their case extended the order restraining the PDP from suspending or expelling
Gov. Wike of from the party.
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