The Court of Appeal, sitting in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has deferred to Friday, judgement on Secondus’ suit seeking the stoppage of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The three-man panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani after presiding over the adoption of written addresses from the legal counsel of Uche Secondus, Tayo Oyetibo, SAN and 11 respondents, reserved ruling till Friday.
The suspended chairman, through his Counsel, Payo Oyetubo, is asking the court to suspend the October, 30th and 31st National Convention of the party and grant him the right to preside over the convention.
When the case came up on Tuesday, six other members of PDP drew the attention of the court on their application for joinder which was not opposed by counsel to Secondus and was subsequently granted by the three man panel of the appeal court.
Counsel to the defendants had opposed the motion for Interim injunction by Secondus’ counsel seeking to stop the PDP forthcoming National Convention, asked for time to respond to the process.
The three-man appeal panel led by Justice Tsammani after listening to the argument from the parties, had ordered counsel to the plaintiff to serve the process on the defendant’s Counsel within 24 hours.
Justice Tsammani also urged respondents’ counsels to respond within 24 hours and adjourned till 28th of October, for hearing and possible ruling on the motion.
