Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State said in Port Harcourt on Monday that the Peoples Democratic Party National Convention would hold on Wednesday as planned.
Reacting to the Federal High Court order in Port Harcourt on Monday, which described the scheduled convention as legal, Wike said every arrangement was set.
He said: “The court order has given us the backing to go ahead with the convention.
“Let me assure you that as the Chairman of the Planning Committee, we are backed by law and the court that the convention will go ahead.”
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt had granted an order validating the PDP National Convention in Port Harcourt.
The order followed a motion on notice filed by the Secretary of the PDP National Convention Planning Committee, Senator Ben Obi, before the court following ongoing leadership issues in the party.
Justice Ibrahim Watila gave an order asking the Independent National Electoral Commission to monitor the convention scheduled to hold on Wednesday.
Watila said the judgment, which recognised the May 21, 2016 PDP National Convention that produced the National Caretaker Committee had not been appealed against or set aside.
He held that no injunction against the August 17 convention was brought to the attention of the court during the hearing of Obi’s application.
Meanwhile, the court fixed Tuesday for the hearing of the originating summons.