SDP Yet To Submit Gana’s As Court Executes Substituted Service

There appears to be no end in sight to the crisis rocking the Social
Democratic Party (SDP), as the party is yet to submit to the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), the nomination forms submitted to
it by Prof. Jerry Gana as a result of the Federal High Court ruling by
Justice Yusuf on December 14, 2018, which declared Gana as the party’s
authentic presidential candidate.

Akelicious checks reveals that
the party is yet to submit Gana’s nomination form to INEC, asking the
electoral body to drop Mr. Donald Duke’s name.

A top member
of the party who optedtoremain anonymous said that only two members of
the National Executive Committee (NEC), have been approved by the party
to speak on the issue, saying that, “the party is law-abiding party and
has appealed the High Court ruling, therefore the party cannot submit
Gana’s nomination form to INEC.”

“After the court judgment the
NEC met and agreed that only the national vice chairman, south, Prof.
Tunde Adeniran and the national Secretary, Mr. Shehu Gaban that can
speak on the issue to the public and I am not one of them.”

In
another development the court of appeal bailiff has executed the court
order by pasting the substituted service on the fence of Gana’s Abuja
residence with pictures as evidence.

On the 29th of December when
Gana launched his policy document code-named SWIFT most of the party
big wigs were absent and many believed it was as a result of the letter
from the national chairman, Chief Olu Falae which was leaked, warning
party members to stay away as there was no division in the party.