Mr Chubby Ben-Walson, has dragged
the Bayelsa chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party, (PDP), to a State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, for failure
to pay its eight years outstanding rents.
The rents totaling N85 million is
for the State Secretariat of the Party in Onopa area of Yenagoa.
At the hearing on Thursday, counsel
to Ben-Walson, former chairman of Yenagoa LGA, Kelvin Ejelonu, lamented that
the PDP who was not represented in court by a counsel had been served the court
notice since March 27.
Ejelonu noted that according to the Court
proceedings rule, that the time they had to file their response to the
processes had long elapsed.
In his ruling, Justice T. I.
Cocodia, urged the complainant to give the PDP another chance to enabled them
file their response and be served hearing notice and adjourned the
matter to June 24.
The former council boss, in his
affidavit deposed before the court is seeking a declaration of the court that
the " he is entitled to payment of rent from the PDP for the use of his building
as party secretariat.
The One storey building located
along DSP Alamieseigha Expressway, Yenagoa.
Ben Walson, a stalwart of the ruling
PDP in Bayelsa further prayed the court for:
"An order of the court that the
defendant (PDP) should pay to the claimant the outstanding rent of N85 million
being balance of unpaid rent for the claimant's building from July 31, 2010 to till
July 31, 2018.
"An order to the defendant to
pay the due rent of N20 million as rent from July 31, 2018 to July 31, 2019 if
this matter transcends August 1, 2019.
"An order of this court that
the defendant should pay to the claimant 10% interest on the balance of the
unpaid rent, and 10% interest on the total judgement sum until the said
judgment sum is liquidated."
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