Lawyer Seeks PDP’s De-Registration Over N260m Debt

A law professor has asked the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to wind up the Peoples Democratic Party over its alleged inability to pay professional fees of N260m.

Also joined in the suit is the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The claimants in the suit, Prof Yemi Oke, and his law firm, MJS Partners, in suit No, FCT/959/2020 are seeking for an order of court directing INEC to de-register or de-list the first respondent for defaulting to pay its debt.

In the motion on notice dated August 25, 2022 filed by the applicants, they are seeking the following reliefs: an order of the court to wind up the first respondent and an order of the court directing the second respondent to deregister first respondent.

The claimants are also asking for an order of the court entering judgment in favour of the applicants in the sum of N260m being the professional fees for the matters handled for the first respondent.

The PDP was said to have engaged the legal services of the first applicant to act as its counsel in about 17 cases without payment of professional fees for the services rendered till date.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the motion.