SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
Not cowed by the siege mounted to its national secretariat in Maitama District, Abuja, the Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday disclosed that they have relocated to the Adamawa State Governors Lodge situated at No. 2, Gurara Street, Maitama, Abuja where they will commence entertaining solidarity visits and granting audience to
its teeming members and associates.
The party said it has chosen not to engage security agencies in confrontation over the closure of the secretariat at No. 4 Oyi crescent in Maitama district, but rather to toe the path of peace by pursing the matter in court.
According to a press release signed by New PDP's National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the party said: “The Baraje-led PDP would not be provoked or deterred by actions detrimental to its existence, including the unlawful occupation of its national headquarters by security agencies that have prevented the Baraje-led PDP from moving into its offices located in Maitama District, Abuja’’.
It explained that: “The Baraje-led PDP, in accordance with its belief in justice, fair play and the rule of law, had in pursuit of remedies, approached the Courts that directed both the Baraje and Bamanga Tukur factions to maintain the status quo; adding that the pronouncement of Hon. Justice Elias Chukwu on the matter was very clear, unambiguous and simple enough to avoid unnecessary rigmarole and arrogant display of power.
‘’In view of the subsisting legal action on the issue, the Baraje-led PDP has, therefore, requested its members all over the nation and in the Diaspora, who may wish to express solidarity to contact any member of its National Working Committee, with a view to fixing appointments for such functions.
“We will not be deterred and no amount of intimidation and calculated attempts to frustrate our legitimate goal of participating in the democratic processes in our dear country would stop us from contributing our quota to national development,” the statement added.
its teeming members and associates.
The party said it has chosen not to engage security agencies in confrontation over the closure of the secretariat at No. 4 Oyi crescent in Maitama district, but rather to toe the path of peace by pursing the matter in court.
According to a press release signed by New PDP's National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the party said: “The Baraje-led PDP would not be provoked or deterred by actions detrimental to its existence, including the unlawful occupation of its national headquarters by security agencies that have prevented the Baraje-led PDP from moving into its offices located in Maitama District, Abuja’’.
It explained that: “The Baraje-led PDP, in accordance with its belief in justice, fair play and the rule of law, had in pursuit of remedies, approached the Courts that directed both the Baraje and Bamanga Tukur factions to maintain the status quo; adding that the pronouncement of Hon. Justice Elias Chukwu on the matter was very clear, unambiguous and simple enough to avoid unnecessary rigmarole and arrogant display of power.
‘’In view of the subsisting legal action on the issue, the Baraje-led PDP has, therefore, requested its members all over the nation and in the Diaspora, who may wish to express solidarity to contact any member of its National Working Committee, with a view to fixing appointments for such functions.
“We will not be deterred and no amount of intimidation and calculated attempts to frustrate our legitimate goal of participating in the democratic processes in our dear country would stop us from contributing our quota to national development,” the statement added.
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