AN Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has again extended its interim order restraining any interference with the planned National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled for November 15 and 16, in Ibadan.

The extension will remain in force until Friday, when the substantive case comes up for further hearing.

In his ruling, yesterday, Justice Ladiran Akintola ordered that the interim injunction earlier granted on an ex-parte motion filed by the claimant/applicant would continue to subsist, pending the determination of the suit before the court.

The judge, after hearing submissions from counsels representing both parties, adjourned the matter to Friday for continuation of the hearing.

Also ruling on an application for joinder filed by another party in the matter, Justice Akintola held that the application could not be entertained because it was not signed by the deponent.

However, counsel to the defendant, Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, argued that the issue of authorship did not render the application invalid since the identity of the deponent was well established.
He contended that the omission did not amount to a total absence of a signature.

In response, the presiding judge maintained that while the application could not be accepted in its present form, it could be refiled properly.

Speaking to journalists shortly after the proceedings, counsel to the claimant, Mr Musibau Adetunmbi, SAN, explained the development, saying, “We were about to take the application for joinder when the Court discovered that the affidavit was not signed.

“However, the other party has indicated interest to file another one. That is what transpired in court today.”