A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday issued an interim injunction restraining Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Justice. O. Gbasam granted the order following a suit number: PHC/2183/CS/2021 filed by Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha against Uche Secondus as the first defendant and the PDP as the second defendant.
The judge, after the reading of the affidavit in support of the motion of ex parte as well as the written address, and after hearing the submission of H.A. Bello, counsel to applicants, granted the interim injunction restraining Secondus from parading as the national chairman of the PDP.
The order reads in part: “That an order restraining the 1st defendant from parading himself as a member of the 2nd defendant or the national chairman of the defendant or performing the functions of national chairman of the 2nd defendant or calling , attending or presiding over any meeting of the 2nd defendant or any committee of the 2nd defendant at the Ward, Local Government or State level or calling for any Ward, Local Government or State Congress of the 2nd defendant or setting up committees for such Congresses or participating in any activity of the 2nd defendant whatsoever whilst on suspension as a member of the 2nd defendant pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.”
The judge also granted leave to serve by substituted means the originating summons, motion on notice, all orders made by the court and all subsequent processes on the respondent by pasting same on his gate at No.1, William Jumbo Street, Old G.R.A, Port Harcourt.
The judge further granted leave to serve by substituted means orders made by the court on the respondents by publishg same in the newspaper.
The PDP has been rocked by leadership crisis which in the last few weeks, leading to calls for the resignation of Secondus.
The Secondus-led NWC members were elected in December 2017 for a four-year term.
The embattled national chairman had vowed not to resign but to serve out his term.
The BoT and PDP Governors Forum had previously met separately to intervene in the crisis, especially after the resignation of seven members of the NWC.
The PDP governors had given Secondus until October to set aside.
