The Supreme Court have Friday, seem to have put an End to the Crisis’s in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo chapter, after the Apex Court upheld the judgement of Appeal Court who said that the issue of leadership by political parties is an internal affair and as such, the courts have no jurisdiction.
Recalled that a faction of warring party has file in a suit seeking the court order to authenticate the ad hoc delegate elections conducted by Dan Orbhi’s faction and to invalidate another one conducted by Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s faction.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Emmanuel Agim, held that the issue of leadership by political parties is an internal affair and as such, the courts have no jurisdiction.
Agim who delivered the unanimous judgment asked political parties to always adhere strictly to their guidelines, rules and regulations in order to promote genuine democracy.
Obaseki and a Chieftain of the PDP and Orbhi have been on each other’s throats on who controls the party in the state.
