PDP not factionalised and will respect court verdict said Showunmi

 

Factional governorship candidate of the PDP, in Ogun State, Mr Segun Showunmi, yesterday, said there is no any division in the party and expressed optimism that members of the party will accept the verdict of the court on its authentic flag bearer ahead of the 2023 general elections.

He said this at a pre-campaign briefing with our reporters in Lagos.

Showunmi expressed optimism and confidence that he would be on the ballot in the Governorship election in Ogun State Nigeria, especially as a Court of Appeal in Abuja had given a consequential order dismissing the ruling of a lower court over jurisdiction to hear the suit between him, the PDP and others.

The governorship candidate said this just as he noted that his campaign ahead of the governorship race would be issues-based.

He said: “A political party is the creation of the law and what makes a political party have the right to even claim, it is a political party is its constitution and the grand law which is the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. No legally created organ can be given the wherewithal to act as if it doesn’t know that it is a creation of the law.

“So, as it concerns supposed recognition here and there, don’t worry, they will recognize everything that needs to be recognized. As you are well aware that the Court of Appeal has given us the first favourable judgment, and I trust that we will be fine.