The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its National Working Committee (NWC) meeting earlier slated for Tuesday indefinitely.
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the postponement is sequel to a court order suspending the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, had on Monday granted an interim injunction barring Secondus from parading himself as chairman and member of the party.
The order was granted by Justice O. Gbasam of the Degema Judicial Division following the consideration of an ex parte application in suit No: PHC/2183/CS/2021 filed by Ibeabuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha against Uche Secondus (1st defendant) and the PDP (2nd defendant).
The statement by Akinwonmi, “Section 35(3) (b) of the constitution of the People’s Democratic Party empowers me to summon and preside over party meetings in the absence of the national chairman.
“Our attention was drawn yesterday evening to a court order which purports to restrain our National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus from summoning and presiding over the meetings of the organs of the party.
“In the foregoing circumstances, as Deputy National Chairman (South) of the People’s Democratic Party, after the consultations and in exercise of the aforesaid powers, hereby deem it fit and proper to postpone the National Working Committee meeting earlier scheduled for today until further notice to allow for broader consultations in the overall interest of our party.”
