By our reporter/ The crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a different dimension on Tuesday as two factions have laid claim to the leadership of the party following the suspension of the party National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, by a Port Harcourt High Court on Monday.
The court had yesterday restrained Secondus from parading himself as PDP helmsman.
Okogbule Gbasam, the presiding judge, gave the order while ruling on a motion ex parte marked PHC/2183/CS/2021, and filed by four persons – Ibeawuchi Alex, Dennis Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen, and Umeziriki Onucha.
“That an order of interim injunction is granted restraining the first defendant from parading himself as a member of the second defendant or national chairman of the defendant or performing the functions of national chairman of the second defendant or any committee of the second defendants at ward, local government or state level or calling for any ward, local government or state congress of the second defendant or setting up committees for such congresses or participating in any activity of the second defendant whatsoever, whilst on suspension as a member of the second defendant pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction,” the court ruled.
Following the development, the Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, laid claim to the leadership of the party.
Akinwonmi announced this on Tuesday, citing section 35 (b) of the PDP constitution to support his action.
He also suspended the activities of the national working committee (NWC) of the party.
But the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, also said he is in charge of the party.
The Nazif led faction of the party has fixed Friday August 27, for the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
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