Counsel to court-reinstated National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Awa U. Kalu (SAN) has warned the party to tread slowly in order not to render superior courts of records toothless in its current attempts to enforce disciplinary actions against Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja and Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure.
The four have been accused of violating some provisions of the party’s constitution and have been summoned before the disciplinary committee chaired by Umaru Dikko.
In a correspondence dated 21st November 2013, which was addressed and forwarded to National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and signed by Kalu who is representing Oyinlola and co, the counsel informed the national chairman and the party that he had instructions of the four officials invited to appear before the disciplinary panel next Wednesday to act on their behalf in the matter under reference.
“Our instruction is that notwithstanding pending litigations, the distinguished party of which you are the national chairman, intends to put machinery in motion aimed at making mockery of the judicial process and thus the Rule of Law”, kalu wrote.
“May we respectfully inform you that Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/774/13, (Prince Oyinlola and 3 Others vs PDP and Another) is presently pending in Court No 6 of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division.
He reiterated that there is a pending appeal at the Supreme Court arising from the Court of Appeal Suit No CA/A/84/2013 (Chief Adebayo Dayo and another vs Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and two Others) in which the Court of Appeal dealt with the subject matter of the intended disciplinary proceedings.
“It is on the basis of the above that we urge you to tread slowly in order not to render superior courts toothless”, he added, and thanked the national chairman for his “statesmanly understanding”.
