PDP FINALLY RESOLVES NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ELECTION DISPUTE AS ADEDOJA DISCONTINUES COURT CASE

The dispute surrounding the election of the national chairman of PDP Prince Uche Secondus which was challenged by Prof. Taoheed Adedoja has finally been resolved, as Prof. Taoheed Adedoja who had filled a suit at the federal high court in Abuja has requested his lawyer Rikey Taffa ,SAN, to discontinue the case. According to Prof. Adedoja “due to the intervention of well meaning top party leaders and major stakeholders, I have requested my lawyer, Messrs. Rikey Taffa and Co. to file the discontinuance of the case, also in the spirit of the month of Ramadan, a month of forgiveness, I have laid the matter to rest. I am also thanking all the leaders party for their intervention on the matter. My teeming supporters across the country have shown unreserved commitment to what i stand for and i hereby express my deep appreciation for their unalloyed support, patience and understanding.”

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on friday, Prof Adedoja disclosed that by his discontinuation of the court case, “I am not asking for any compensation what so ever from the party as only the Almighty can compensate any human being for his deeds and actions.the month of ramadan is a month of forgiveness which i have adhered to in this case. I remain a committed member of the party to ensure that the objectives of the founding fathers of our great party are achieved for the betterment of our country and for democracy to strive.

It will be recalled that after the December 2017 National Convention of the party held in Abuja, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, one of the contestants for the position of National Chairman of PDP challenged the outcome of the election of the National Chairman on the basis of the omission of his name on the National Chairmanship ballot box.

Sources close to the headquarters of the party revealed that prominent leaders of the party such as former Senate President Chief Pius Anyim Pius; Governor of Rivers State, Nelson Wike; Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; the Chairman of the reconciliation committee, Governor Seriake Dickson; and the Chairman of former Ministers forum, Bar. Tanimu Turaki ,SAN played key roles in finding political solution to the Adedoja case. Others are former Governors Rasidi Ladoja; Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State and Sen. Biodun Christine Olujimi

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PDP FINALLY RESOLVES NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ELECTION DISPUTE AS ADEDOJA DISCONTINUES COURT CASE