Segun Sowunmi’s A/Court Declaration Claim, An Attempt To Derail Ladi Adebutu, PDP loyalists – Lawyer

A legal practioner in Ogun state, Olufemi Oniyide Eso on Thursday further cleared the air on claim that the Appeal Court ruled in favour of a PDP governorship aspirant, Segun Sowunmi, as the candidate of the party for the 2023 general elections.
Eso, in a Press conference held at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of (NUJ) in Abeokuta, said Sowunmi misinterpreted the court judgement to favour himself.

Segun Sowunmi had sued the PDP, its NWC and another factional governorship candidate of the party in the state, Adebutu, seeking the sack of the state and wards Executive Committees of the party for allegedly buying nomination form for Adebutu, amongst others.
He also accused members of the state executive of exhibiting bias, conflict of interest and breach of trust by contributing money to buy nomination form for only Adebutu, to the exclusion of other aspirants.
But Eso said Sowunmi’s claim of court declaration as the party candidate was a self-deceit and attempt to derail the party members and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu.
The legal practioner noted that Sowunmi and his lawyer did not approach the Appeal Court for declaration as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state, quizzing “Where exactly in the whole judgement delivered by the Court of Appeal was Segun Sowunmi declared as the PDP candidate?
Eso declared that the party’s primary election that produced Ladi Adebutu as the governorship flag bearer in the state is still intact and authentic without interruption.
He said “One will begin to wonder where Segun Sowunmi got the declaration he is falsely spreading about in the media that the Appeal Court had declared him as the governorship candidate of PDP in Ogun state.Where exactly in the whole judgement was Segun Sowunmi declared by the Appeal Court as the governorship candidate? No where is such expressly stated?”
” For Emphasis, Otunba Sowunmi and his lawyer did not approach the court to be declared as the PDP candidate. Declaring himself as the governorship candidate is a self declaration and an attempt to mislead the party’s members and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu”.
Eso Quizzed” How can one lay claim on what he has not approached the court for? Is that not self deceit?
The lawyer appealed to Sowunmi to grab a copy of the Appeal Court Judgment and re-read between for better clarification.
“We implore Otunba Segun Sowunmi to grab copy of the Court of Appeal Judgement and open to page 27 where the court reiterated that the law equally settled that the court has no jurisdiction to pry into the internal affairs of a political party”.