Embattled self-acclaimed National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has told the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee that they have not heard the last from him in the crisis rocking the party.
On Wednesday, Sheriff approached Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja to stop the party’s national convention scheduled to hold on August 17.
Makarfi had already zoned the 21 elected offices of the party to the North and South.
Joining Sheriff in the application are Prof. Wale Oladapo (National Secretary), Dennis Alonge-Niyi (Deputy National Youth Leader), Alhaji Bashir Maidugu (Deputy National Legal Adviser), Mrs. Hanatu Ulam (Deputy National Women Leader), Alhaji Lawa Dutsima Anchi (Deputy National Auditor), Chief Okey Nnadozie (Deputy National Organising Secretary) and Chief Olisa Metuh (National Publicity Secretary).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP are the respondents.
The application will be heard on Thursday.
They insisted that the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/464/2016 was for themselves and on behalf of the Executive Committee/National Working Committee of the PDP.
The applicants said the interlocutory injunction is needful, pending the determination of a substantive suit they filed on July 4 in which they argued among others, that by virtue of the PDP Constitution, their tenure expires in 2018.
They specifically want the court to stop the party from going ahead with the planned national convention, pending the determination of their substantive suit.
Meanwhile, the PDP National Youth Movement has protested what it alleged to be a plot to use the Federal High Court to scuttle the rescheduled convention.
The placard-carrying youths, who formed the movement, staged the protest outside the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday.
Mr Ohazuruike Tochukwu, National Director of the movement, told newsmen that they were at the court to present a petition to its Chief Judge, Justice Ibrahim Auta.
Tochukwu said they were worried because the judge, who heard the case before, had earlier recognised Sheriff as the PDP chairman.
He urged Auta to intervene, adding that the matter before the court had already been determined by a similar court in Port Harcourt and dissatisfied parties could only go on appeal.
The petition indicated that multiple cases were instituted by several parties in various divisions of the Federal High Court and the FCT High Court.
The petition indicated that the cases were scrambling for the leadership of the PDP.
“So far, in all the cases, the FCT High Court has given judgement in two of the suit and the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, has given judgement in one.
“The court validated the dissolution of the PDP National Working Committee by the National Convention and held that the holding of the convention on May 21, did not violate any order of court.
“From the totality of three judgements already delivered, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff ceased to be the chairman of the party,’’ the petition stated.
It further said that in spite of the judgment of the Port Harcourt Federal High Court sacking Sheriff as PDP chairman, he proceeded to commence another suit in Abuja.
It, therefore, seek an injunction restraining the PDP from holding its convention and to stop INEC from monitoring the convention.
