Court Restrains PDP Disciplinary Committee From Reprimanding Senator Kashamu, Others

The chieftains include the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu; the immediate past National Secretary, Wale Oladipo; the immediate past National Auditor, Adewale Adeyanju; and former PDP Chairman in Ondo State, Mr. Ebenezer Alabi.

Others are the Vice-Chairman of the PDP in the South-West, Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe; the Zonal Secretary, Chief Pegba Otemolu; a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Segun Seriki; and the Legal Adviser of the PDP in Ekiti State, Mr. Niran Owoseni.

The court ruled among others that:

“An order of interim injunction restraining the 2nd to 4th defendant by themselves, their agents, servants and privies from taking any disciplinary action against the plaintiffs and other leaders of the 2nd defendant in the Southwest zone, including Prof. Wale Oladipo, the former PDP National Secretary, Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe, Chairman of the PDP Southwest Zonal Executive Committee; Chief Pegba Otemolu, Secretary of the South West Zonal Executive Committee; Senator Buruji Kashamu, a statutory member of the Southwest Zonal Executive and Prince Segun Seriki by way of expulsion, suspension, reprimand or any other action whatsoever or denying the plaintiffs and the aforementioned Southwest leaders the right to seek nomination as candidate of the 2nd defendant for any election or refusing to submit their names to the first defendant as candidates of the party for the purpose of any election, contrary to the terms and purposes of the aforesaid subsisting orders of this court made in suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/732/2017 pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”