JUST IN: Court restores Secondus as PDP National Chairman

A Kebbi State High Court on Thursday ordered the return of Uche Secondus as national chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

Solacebase reports that a Rivers State High Court had on Tuesday restrained Uche Secondus from parading himself as PDP National Chairman

In a  ruling on a motion ex parte brought in a suit filed by Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Muhammad, and Bashar Suleman, the presiding judge, Justice Nusirat Umar ordered that the execution of a previous order barring Secondus from parading himself as national chairman be suspended, pending when the suit is heard and concluded.

Justice Nusirat Umar gave the order of interim injunction “staying the purported suspension of the first respondent pending the determination of the substantive motion on notice No. KB/HC/M.170/2021 now pending before this honorable court”.

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“An order of this honorable court granting leave to the first respondent (Uche Secondus) to continue exercising all the constitutional powers of the office of Chairman of PDP (second defendant ) as enshrined in both 1999 Constitution of Nigeria as amended and the Peoples Democratic Party’s constitution pending the hearing and final determination of applicant’s motion on notice,” the ruling reads.

Meanwhile, a Rivers State High Court on Monday granted an order of interim injunction stopping Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

The order was sequel to a suit filed against Secondus and the PDP by some members of the party identified as Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha.