Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, from participating in the party’s meetings henceforth.
The trial court also ordered the National Chairman, Secretary of the Party, National Executive Council, and Board of Trustees, not to allow Secondus to attend any of its meetings, pending determination of the suit before it against him.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the ruling in an ex-parte motion filed by PDP member from Rivers State, Titus Jones seeking an order restraining Secondus from attending party meetings.
In the suit Uche Secondus; the PDP; Acting Party National Chairman, Umar Damagun; PDP National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu; PDP National Executive Committee; PDP National Working Committee; PDP Board of Trustees and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC are first to eight defendants respectively.
AIT.live on Tuesday obtained a copy of the ruling dated April 5, 2024, where the trial Judge granted all the reliefs of the plaintiff.
The order among others read: “Order is hereby made restraining the fourth defendant, his agents, servants, subordinates, officers howsoever described from giving any notice of a meeting of the second defendant be it Caucus meetings, meetings of the National Executive Committee (fifth defendant) or Board of Trustees (seventh defendant) or any other meeting however called to the furst defendant who has been suspended from the second defendant pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
Another read: “Order is hereby made restraining the first defendant from attending any meeting of the second defendant, be it Caucus meetings, meetings of the National Executive Committee (fifth defendant) or Board of Trustees (seventh defendant) or any other meeting howsoever described participating in the proceedings, deliberations of any such meeting pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
The court however adjourned the matter to April 12, 2024, for hearing of the motion on notice.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
