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They are just destabilizing the party, making sure that the party doesn’t get anything, doesn’t survive the current problems we have.
“And when you are talking about high court orders, giving you power to remain secretary, you can’t be talking like that when there is a Court of Appeal decision.
Jacobsaid Anyanwu and his supporters knew it was against the party’s constitution to contest for gubernatorial position and still hold on to the position of national secretary.
“Let me say first of all that our party is in trouble, not because there is any serious attack from outside, but because individuals are fighting local battles, ignoring the bigger battle, and are wasting the energy, the goodwill of the party, the goodwill and the confidence of Nigerians, wasting it away on individual platforms.
He should stop this thing he’s doing because everybody that is a member of the party knows the position of the constitution.
Anybody who knows this law knows that you cannot talk about High Court when there is a Court of Appeal decision, not just an interlocutory decision, the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
“We don’t have a parallel opposition to the ruling government.
So what he’s doing is an embarrassment not just to himself, but to all of us that are members of the party,”he said.
“So I don’t know what he is talking about when he says that he has appealed.
Maybe they are refusing to tell him, but you can’t stay the decision of the Court of Appeal which is declaratory.
Jacob, who was appointed PDP National Legal Adviser in 2007, said except for the former presidential candidates of the PDP and Labour Party,Atiku AbubakarandPeter Obi, respectively; the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Bola Tinubu would have no opposition.
He advised him to obey the court’s ruling and avoid being misled by his supporters..
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