PDP: Rivers Court Upholds Secondus Suspension

Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt yesterday upheld the suspension of the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus.

The court which insisted that the suspension stands, also granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining Secondus from parading as the National Chairman of PDP.

The trial judge, Justice Okogbule Gbasam gave the orders in the matter Àled by Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen Umezirike Onucha (as claimants) against Prince Uche Secondus and Peoples Democratic Party (defendants), as registered in suit number PHC/2183/CS/202.

Earlier in his argument, counsel for the 1st defendant (Secondus), Godfrey Uwalaka, made an oral application and informed the court that an appeal had been entered into by the defendant, thereby trying to stall the ruling as Àxed for yesterday.

But the counsel for the claimants, Nwosuegbe Eze, urged the court to discountenance the purported appeal, noting that there was no motion before the court for stay of execution and no motion to stop the ruling of the court.

In his ruling, Justice Gbasam dismissed the 1st defendant counsel’s application for lack of merit, saying that there was not enough reason to halt the judgement earlier Àxed for yesterday.

Gbasam, having reviewed the submissions of the both counsels stated that the court had not seen any ground to rule against its earlier judgement delivered on August 23, 2021.