The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party in Katsina State has deepened as the Senator Yakubu Lado-led faction went ahead with its congresses, despite a Court Warrant obtained by the other faction.
A chieftain of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Aminu-Yar’adua, said it was not acceptable to the Dr. Mustapha Inuwa-led faction.
Aminu-Yar’adua said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Katsina on Saturday.
He alleged that no fewer than 7,000 of the party members were denied the right to purchase forms for the ward, local government and state congresses.
NAN reports that the Inuwa-led faction had earlier accused Lado, the governorship candidate of the party in the 2023 general election in the state, of hijacking the process.
Aminu-Yar’adua, who was Lado’s running mate, said the aspirants who hoped to participate in the congresses had petitioned the National Secretariat of the PDP, but regretted that nothing was done.
“Therefore, we are not participating in any of the congresses because we rejected the process due the injustice done to many of the members.
“We have taken the issue to the state High Court, seeking to restrain them from conducting the congresses.
“Our wish is that the court should stop them so that other interested party members would be allowed to exercise their right to participate.”
Also, Mustapha Shitu-Mahuta, Counsel for the faction loyal to Inuwa, told newsmen in an interview that they had submitted their court warrant to the party’s National Secretariat and Independent National Electoral Commission.
Shitu-Mahuta expressed surprise that the faction loyal to Lado went ahead with the congresses in spite of the court warrant, adding that they were going against the law.
He further said his clients were seeking the cancellation of the congresses and restraining the other faction from conducting the exercise in the state.
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The faction loyal to Lado conducted its Ward congress in July, while that of the local government took place on Saturday.
A NAN Correspondent, who monitored the exercise, reports that it was peaceful in Rimi, Charanchi, Batagarawa, Kurfi and Katsina LGAs.
At Rimi LGA, the PDP Electoral Officer, Alhaji Tijjani-Mashasha, supervised the process in the presence of INEC supervisors, police and other security operatives.
Tijjani-Mashasha, who is the PDP Caretaker Chairman, Katsina Zone, said the party leadership in the state did not receive any court warrant stopping them from conducting the congresses.
