The crisis rocking the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party took a fresh twist on Monday as a group of stakeholders petitioned the National Judicial Council against Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court over an ex parte order permitting the party to hold its national convention in Ibadan, the state capital.
The petitioners accused Justice Akintola of judicial misconduct, alleging that his order contradicted an earlier ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which had restrained the PDP from convening its planned convention.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had two weeks ago barred the PDP from proceeding with the convention, citing non-compliance with the party’s internal procedures for notifying the Independent National Electoral Commission.
However, a week later, Justice Akintola vacated that order, granting the party leave to hold the event in Ibadan.
