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Court Reinstates Secondus As PDP Chairman As Crisis Deepens

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A high Court in Kebbi State has granted an order reinstating the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus to his position.

The order granted by Justice Nusirat I. Umar ordered Secondus to resume immediately in a suit filed by some members of the PDP in Kebbi.

The claimants in the suit which has Secondus and the PDP as the first and second respondents are Messers Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Muhammad and  Bashar Suleiman.

The order  reads, “An 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 Honourable court.

“An order of this Honourable court granting leave to the first respondent (Uche Secondus) to continue exercising a the constitutional powers of the Office of the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party ( Second Defendant) as enshrined in both the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria as amended and the People’s Democratic Party Constitution pending the hearing and determination of the applicant’s motion on notice.”

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the development follows a court order on Monday, August 23, 2021 which ordered Secondus to stop parading himself as national chairman of the party and as a member of the PDP.

It was further reported that Hon. Justice. O. Gbasam of the Degema Judicial Division vacation court sitting in Port Harcourt granted the order following a suit No: PHC/2183/CS/2021 filed by Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha against Uche Secondus (1st defendant) and the PDP (2nd defendant).

Meanwhile, the elders of the party including the NWC had fixed a National Executive Committee, NEC meeting for next Saturday where the issues concerning Secondus are expected to be fully addressed.

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