A High Court sitting in Rivers State has suspended the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus.
The judgment was given by Justice O. Gbasam at the State High Court in Degema Local Government Area of the state in a court case instituted by Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nina Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha against Secondus and the PDP.
The applicants sought, amongst other prayers, an order of interim injunction against Secondus from parading himself as the national chairman of the PDP.
Ruling, the judge issued a restraining order against the “1st Defendant from parading himself as a member of the 2nd Defendant or National Chairman of the Defendant or performing the functions of National Chairman of the 2nd Defendant.”
Gbasam also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the PDP pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
The judge granted the aggrieved parties leave to serve all orders made by the court and all subsequent processes to Secondus’ address in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.