A Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Senator Samuel Anyanwu, because the legitimate nationwide secretary of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP).
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, made an order of injunction, restraining the nationwide management of the PDP from appointing any particular person as appearing nationwide secretary when Anyanwu’s four-year tenure continues to be working and subsisting till December 9, 2025, according to occasion’s structure.
Justice Ekwo additionally declared that any assembly held or decision reached by the occasion to prematurely oust or forestall Anyanwu from exercising the powers of his workplace can be contravening Article 47 (1) of the PDP Structure (as amended in 2017), therefore, turns into null and void and of no impact.
The choose additionally barred the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, “from recognizing any purported appointment of any particular person as nationwide secretary of the occasion whether or not in appearing capability or in any other case aside from Anyanwu, the elected nationwide secretary of the first defendant (PDP).”
Arogidigba International Journal reviews that the courtroom had, on Nov. 23, 2023, stopped the PDP from eradicating Anyanwu as nationwide secretary pending the listening to and dedication of the substantive matter.
The order adopted an ex-parte movement by Dr Joshua Musa, SAN, on behalf of two members of the occasion; Geoffrey Ihentuge and Apollo’s Godspower.
Whereas Ihentuge is the Ikeduru Native Authorities chairman of the PDP in Imo, Godspower is the PDP chairman in Owerri Municipal Native Authorities of the state.
The plaintiffs had sued the PDP; Umar Damagun, occasion’s appearing nationwide chairman; Nationwide Govt Committee (NEC); the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) and INEC as 1st to fifth defendants, respectively.
The plaintiffs, who sought 5 reliefs, prayed for an order of interim injunction, restraining the first, 2nd, third, and 4th defendants from finishing up the menace to take away the nationwide secretary (Anyanwu).
This, they stated, violated the provisions of Article 47 (1) of the Structure of the PDP (as amended in 2017) pending the listening to and dedication of the movement on discover.
They argued that Anyanwu was duly elected on December 10, 2021, and was entitled to stay in workplace until December 9, 2025.