A State High Court in Kebbi State has on Thursday ordered Prince Uche Secondus to return to his position as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A vacation Judge, Justice Nusirat I. Umar gave the order on Thursday while ruling in suit KB/AC/M. 170/2021, saying she was satisfied after reading the affidavit of the respondent that an interim order be granted on the purported suspension of Secondus pending judgement. “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,” Justice Umar ruled.
The PDP chairman will remain in his position pending the hearing and final determination of applicants’ motion on notice.
Three party members, Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Mohammed, and Bashar Suleman are the claimants/applicants while Secondus and the PDP are the defendants/respondents.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party had approved the Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi as Acting National Chairman of the party.
This was following Justice O. Gbasam of the Degema Judicial Division vacation court in PortHarcourt had granted an interim injunction restraining Secondus from parading himself as both a member and the National Chairman of the party.
