Justice Nusirat Umar of the Kebbi State Excessive Courtroom has ordered Uche Secondus to return to his place because the Nationwide Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering,
Giving the order in a swimsuit introduced earlier than her in Birinin Kebbi, the state capital in case KB/AC/M. 170/2021, Justice Umar mentioned she was happy after studying the affidavit of the respondents that an interim order needs to be granted on the purported suspension of Secondus pending the willpower of the case.
Secondus and the PDP are first and second respondents respectively within the swimsuit introduced earlier than the courtroom by three claimants and members of the get together: Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Mohammed and Bashar Suleman.
Recall that Justice O. Gbasam of the Degema Judicial Division trip courtroom, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State had granted an interim injunction restraining Secondus from parading himself as chairman and member of the PDP.
This was sequel to the consideration of an ex parte software in swimsuit No: PHC/2183/CS/2021 filed by Ibeabuchi Alex, Dennis Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha towards Secondus and the PDP.
Following the Rivers courtroom order suspending Secondus, the Board of Trustees of the PDP had ratified the get together’s Deputy Nationwide Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi, because the Appearing Nationwide Chairman of the get together according to the get together’s structure.
However Justice Umar of the Kebbi State Excessive Courtroom stayed the motion of the Rivers courtroom on Thursday.
Justice Umar granted, “An order of this Honourable courtroom granting go away to the primary respondent (Secondus) to proceed exercising all of the constitutional powers of the workplace of Chairman of PDP (second defendant ) as enshrined in each 1999 Structure of Nigeria as amended and the Peoples Democratic Social gathering’s structure pending the listening to and last willpower of applicant’s movement on discover.”
The PDP’s dwelling has been in dysfunction for the previous few weeks as some chieftains need Secondus out because the get together’s chairman.
