Court’s order stopping PDP convention dangerous; it’s like 1962 Western Region crisis

To Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Friday’s judgement of Justice James Omotosho of Federal High Court, Abuja, stopping the party’s National Conventionscheduled for Ibadan, Oyo State on November 15 and 16 was deja vu. He rearded it as “the joke of the century, open recipe for anarchy and a display of judicial brigandage”.

Justice Omotosho ruled that evidence adduced before him established that PDP failed to comply with provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), as well as its own (PDP) Constitution.
He declared that the party also failed to conduct valid state congresses before it moved to hold the convention to elect its national officers.
But, George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, as Freedomonline reported, would have none of that.
He said: “This judgement will consume this country. It is high time the judge put down his wig and gown to join politics. What is going on? This doesn’t have any sense at all. This was how the defunct Western Region crisis started in 1962, leading to the collapse of the First Republic. Pitiably, this led to the civil war from 1967 to 1970.
“I call on the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the National Judicial Council to call this judge to order. Any judgement capable of leading to a breakdown of law and order should be avoided. What power does he have to order PDP not to have its National Convention? Has the judiciary gone to the dogs?
“During all our congresses leading to this convention, INEC officials were present. The electoral body witnessed the procedure. They took notes. INEC is not complaining. The judge did not even call INEC officials to crosscheck facts, and tell him what they witnessed during our congresses. So, why is the judge complaining? Does he have a political interest?
“What type of judgement is this