PDP youths demand Abang’s removal, seek Jonathan’s intervention

The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Forum (PDPNYF) has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to remove Okon Abang, a judge of the federal high court Abuja.

The forum also wants former President Goodluck Jonathan to mediate in the crisis rocking the party.

In recent times, Abang has given judgements which favour the Ali Modu Sheriff faction over the caretaker committee chaired by Ahmed Makarfi.

On Thursday, Abang granted the application filed by Sheriff to stop the convention scheduled for August 17 in Port Harcourt.

But the committee has vowed to go ahead with the convention despite the court order.

Reacting, Usman Austin, national coordinator of PDPNYF, accused the judge of having a sinister motive.

“The judiciary must not be a place where anyone runs into and hide his misdeed, it is now clear that justice Okon Abang has turn his own arm of judiciary to be a rubber stamp for anyone who can afford the bid,” he said in a statement.

“We ask all concern sundries to wave into this judicial rascality exhibited by justice Okon Abang before it eats deep into the marrows of our democracy, he is not only a threat to democracy but also a threat to human right and stain to the bench.

“PDP is a family and each time it has internal misunderstanding the said justice Okon Abang dives in to set fire on a fresh wood, it is alarming how much interest he picks on matter that concerns the PDP.

“The manner and mode in which judgements are obtained from justice Okon Abang is an abuse to constitutional rights… it is very unfortunate, the same he did in the Abia governorship election case. We totally say no to this act of using his office to stain the countries judiciary and making it a laughing stock.

“We therefore call on the National judicial council to as a matter of urgency remove Justice Okon Abang and further probe his ill judicial rascality and constitutional doctoration to save our judiciary as well democracy.

“The PDP youth are as a matter of urgency call on concerned advisory bodies like President Gooduck Jonathan to come into this lingering matter and save this party from the hands of scoundrels who seek to shortchange it for their self interest.”