The legal battle over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has taken another turn as a Kebbi State High Court has ordered Uche Secondus to return to his position as the National Chairmancourt in Rivers State asked him to leave.
The ruling came on Thursday, two days after a of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Analysts believe the development is part of the intrigues defining the PDP’s life at the momemnt.
According to ‘The Nation’, a vacation Judge, Justice Nusrat Umar, gave the order in a suit brought before her in Birinin Kebbi, the state capital.
In the case, cited as KB/AC/M. 170/2021, Justice Umar said she was satisfied after reading the affidavit of the respondents.
She said it was necessary to issue an interim order on the purported suspension of Prince Secondus pending the determination of the case.
The order reads as follows: “An order of this Honourable court granting leave to the first respondent (Uche Secondus) to continue exercising all the constitutional powers of the office of Chairman of PDP (second defendant) as enshrined in both 1999 Constitution of Nigeria as amended and the Peoples Democratic Party’s constitution pending the hearing and final determination of applicant’s motion on notice.
“Any further order(s) as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances.”
