August 27, (THEWILL) – A new twist has emerged in the crisis rocking Nigeria’s main opposition as a Kebbi State High Court, presided over by Justice Nusirat. I. Umar, on Thursday restored the embattled National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, to his position.
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Party, Elder Yemi Akinwomi, had assumed leadership of the PDP in acting capacity on Thursday, following a restraining order on Secondus by a court in Port Harcourt.
Akinwomi immediately suspended the scheduled National Working Committee, NWC, meeting of the party till further notice.
In a suit brought before her in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital in case KB/AC/M. 170/2021, Justice Umar, a vacation Judge, said she was satisfied after reading the affidavit of the respondents that an interim order should be granted on the purported suspension of Prince Secondus pending the determination of the case.
She ruled: “An order of this Honourable 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.”
Three concerned members of the party, Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Mohammed and Bashar Suleman are the claimants/applicants in the case while Prince Secondus and the PDP are the defendants/respondents.
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