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Court of Appeal suspends ruling over petition against judges

Gbenga Bada

November 1, 2016 3:56 PM

The ruling of the current legal battle over the leadership of the PDP by the Court of Appeal has been suspended.

PDP factional Leaders, Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff

The Court of Appeal has suspended the ruling in the legal battle between

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According to a report by Premium Times, the ruling which was expected to be delivered on Tuesday afternoon was suspended following a petition against the judges.

It was further reported that the petition had accused judges in charge of the case of bias.

While no new date has been fixed for the ruling, the two factions of the opposition party are leaving no stone unturned in getting a favourable judgement.

The two factions of the party had been seeking nullification and counter nullification of decisions of different courts.

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The rift between the two factions have created crisis in the Ondo State coming governorship election with Eyitayo Jegede aggrieved over INEC's omission of his name from the list while Jimoh Ibrahim was announced the certified candidate of PDP.