A High court sitting in Jos , Plateau State capital has thrown away the application brought before it by the former member of the House of Representative Hon. Britus Kaze led faction to stop the Plateau State People’s Democratic Party(PDP) from conducting congresses of the party slated for 12th August,2020.

The counsel to the 1st defendant the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)Barrister Derong said , my lord the matter is slated for hearing on the motion on notice filed by the complainant to stop the conduct of the party’s state congresses.

Derong argued that the plaintiff err in law by serving the defendant with the wrong address that is conspicuously known and available to the party which make the plaintiff application non and void of no effects as far as this matter is concerned, he further added that the 1st defendant , Peoples Democratic party, cannot just be serve with any application anywhere expect it headquarters at Wadata Plaza in Abuja.

He further appeal to the court to strike out the application brought before it by the plaintiff largely due to lacking in merits and wrongly served.

In his quick reaction, the counsel to the plaintiffs , Barrister , M .Abdullahi argued that the services of the application should not be the base of striking out the application for motion on notice.

Barrister Abdullahi stressed that effecting the services of the application whether at the state party’s secretiat in jos , it remained the something as peoples Democratic party.

After argument and counter argument by both party’s on the points of law, the presiding judge Justice Gang rule that his ruling cannot contradict his earlier one , and said doing so will be tantamount to going back to lick his vomit, as such he rule that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) congresses to elect it officials slated for 12th August, 2020 stands and to hold as scheduled.

Speaking to journalists after the court ruling , the counsel to the first defendant Barrister Darong thank the judge, justice Gang for exhibiting wisdom like that of biblical king Solomon for the interest of justice.

In his response, Hon.Britus Kaze who is the leader of the plaintiff said, yes actually the court has ruled that the congresses of the party should be held on the scheduled date which our application seek to stop, however, the judgement had been past and there nothing that can be done about it now as it stand.

He added that they are going back as groups of plaintiff and discusse the next line of action


It would be recalled that the tenure of the caretakers committee of the party ends on the 10th August, 2020, while the congresses of the party is slated to hold on the 12th August, 2020 which make the plaintiff to approach the court to stop the election so as the present caretaker committee led by Yakubu Chocho will step down and allow neutral umpire to conduct the congress as some of the caretaker committee are also aspirants including the Chairman Yakubu Chocho.

The matter has been adjourned to 31st August, 2020, for hearing.