The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has defied an order by an Abuja High Court on Monday as it started the screening of candidates vying for various offices as part of its national convention billed for Wednesday in Port Harcourt, River State.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday had made an interim order stopping the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP from going ahead with its plan to conduct the national convention of the party.
But a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt directed the police and the Department of State Services to provide security for the PDP convention.
In spite of the Abuja court ruling, the National Convention Screening Committee of the PDP arrived in Port Harcourt on Monday and started the screening of the candidates.
Prominent candidates screened on Monday ahead of the convention were a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode George; a former Education Minister, Prof. Tunde Adeniran; a former governoship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje; and the Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
The Chairman of the Screening Committee is a former Governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday had made an interim order stopping the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP from going ahead with its plan to conduct the national convention of the party.
But a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt directed the police and the Department of State Services to provide security for the PDP convention.
In spite of the Abuja court ruling, the National Convention Screening Committee of the PDP arrived in Port Harcourt on Monday and started the screening of the candidates.
Prominent candidates screened on Monday ahead of the convention were a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode George; a former Education Minister, Prof. Tunde Adeniran; a former governoship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje; and the Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
The Chairman of the Screening Committee is a former Governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam.
Photo: Today.ng