Politics
Prove Why S-South Exco Should Be Sacked, Court Tasks PDP
By Emmanuel Aziken
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to show cause why the mandate of the Chief Dan Orbih-led South-South zonal executive should not be upheld.
Justice I Ekwo gave the order upon a motion ex-parte filed by Chief Orbih and his 22-member zonal executive against the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and members of the caretaker zonal executive as announced by the PDP national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologundagba.
Justice Ekwo in the 5-point order also gave an instruction for substituted service on the PDP through a national newspaper and on the national secretariat.
GWG.ng reports that the order follows the decision of a section of the national leadership to appoint a caretaker executive for the zonal chapter of the party following the zonal congress that produced Chief Orbih.
In their prayers, the plaintiffs are asking among others an order to restrain the 2nd to the 11th defendants or their privies or agents from “invading, breaking into or taking over the offices of the plaintiffs at the South South Zonal Secretariat,” or “howsoever taking any steps to oust the Plaintiffs from their offices, pending the hearing and determination of the Plaintiffs Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction.”
The plaintiffs are also asking the court for an “order of Injunction directing the parties to maintain status quo ante bellum and not to take any steps to prejudice the hearing and determination of the substantive originating summons before this Honourable Court.”
GWG.ng reports that the court action follows the decision of a section of the National Working Committee, NWC to appoint Chief Emma Ogidi as chairman of a caretaker committee for the South-South Zone of the party despite the zonal congress in Calabar that produced Chief Dan Orbih as zonal chairman.
Orbih and the 21 other members of his zonal committee are plaintiffs while the INEC, PDP are the first and second defendants. Emma Ogidi and other members of the caretaker committee as appointed by the NPS are the 3rd to 9th defendants, the PDP acting national chairman, Amb Iliya Damagun is the 10th defendant while Hon Ologunagba is the 11th defendant in the court action by the South-South executive of the PDP against the party.
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