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Rivers court annuls state PDP congresses
Rivers court annuls state PDP congresses
The Rivers high court has nullified the congresses conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state in 2024.
The court also stopped the state executive committee of the PDP from overseeing the affairs of the party and barred Aaron Chukwuemeka from parading himself as the chairman.
The presiding judge, Stephen Jumbo, gave the order on Monday while ruling on an interlocutory injunction filed by Edwin Woko and Love Otuonye (both lawyers) and two other PDP members.
He declared the applicants as the authentic and subsisting members of the Rivers State executive committee of the PDP.
The suit was instituted against Chukwuemeka and nine others.
The petitioners asked the court to declare the local government and ward congresses of the party held in 2024 as null and void.
The congresses, conducted in the 319 wards and 23 LGAs in August 2024, were backed by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT).
The applicants said the congresses were conducted in disregard of an order of the court issued in July 2024, which restrained the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from holding the congresses.
They urged the court to set aside the congresses and restrain Chukwuemeka and members of the state executive committee from acting, representing, or parading themselves as officials of the party in the state.
They also asked the court to declare themselves (the petitioners) as the authentic and subsisting members of the PDP state executive committee and direct the party’s national leadership to recognise and deal with them accordingly.
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has acknowledged and accepted the judgment of the Rivers State High Court, which nullified the party’s Ward, Local Government, and State Congresses conducted on July 27, August 10, and August 31, 2024, respectively.
In compliance with the court’s decision delivered on Monday, January 13, 2025, the NWC has reinstated the Hon. Nname Robinson Ewor-led Rivers State Executive to oversee the affairs of the PDP in the state, under the party’s constitution.
The NWC commended the court’s decision, emphasizing the PDP’s commitment to transparency, internal democracy, and adherence to the rule of law in its operations.
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