PDP Insists On Holding Ibadan Convention Despite Court Order Halting Process

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : He said that the signing of notices by the chairman alone was an act that contravened the Electoral laws as well as the party's regulations and guidelines.
48% : Omotosho, who stated that internal affairs of political parties was a no-go area for the court, observed that the plaintiffs were not contending leadership, but the need for INEC to perform its statutory duty of ensuring that political parties abide by the electoral laws, guidelines and regulations on meetings, congresses, primaries and conventions.
48% : "A suit challenging the executive decision of INEC is not an internal affairs of a political party" Omotosho said, "1st defendant is saddled with the responsibility of monitoring, making regulations and guidelines for the conduct of party's primary, congresses and conventions".
40% : Omotosho concluded that non-compliance with the laws and regulations of political parties if allowed would open the floodgates of disobedience to the Electoral Act and will be detrimental to democracy.

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