Enugu: Court Grants Injunction against PDP Not to Tamper with Ward Delegate List

An Enugu State High Court yesterday granted an order of interim injunction restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu and other named Defendants IURP UHFRJQLVLQJ RU JLYLQJ HͿHFW to any other three-man ad hoc delegate list other than the list that emerged from the congress held in all the wards in Enugu State on April 30, 2022.

The court equally restrained the PDP and other named Defendants from allowing any other three-man ad hoc delegates to participate in the PDP’s Primary Election for the selection of Governor of Enugu State, the members of the National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives), members of the State House of Assembly and election of National Delegate Candidates in all the Constituencies in Enugu State other than the persons whose names are in the list that emerged from the 30th of April, 2022, ad hoc delegate ward congresses, supervised and duly authenticated by the ÀYH PDQ HOHFWRUDO SDQHO VHW XS by the National Working Committee of the PDP and already submitted and received by the party at its National Secretariat in Abuja, pending the hearing of the Motion on Notice.

The orders will subsist until the hearing of the Motion on Notice ÀOHG RQ LQ UHVSHFW RI the same issue.

The court under trial Justice HO Eya granted the injunction

Prince Paul Nnaji, Tobias Ogbonna Onu, Cyril Obi Chukwu and Kevin Ikechukwu Agbo, in 68,7 12 ( ZKHUHLQ they deposed in the supporting

SDUDJUDSK $΀GDYLW WKDW D three man Delegate Congress had been held in Enugu State on the 30th day of April, 2022.

That the Congress was monitored, supervised and duly DXWKHQWLFDWHG E\ WKH ÀYH PDQ electoral panel set up by the National Working Committee of the PDP; that the list of those that emerged from the congress had already been submitted and received by the PDP at the its +HDG 2΀FH LQ $EXMD DQG WKDW no other three-man Delegate Congress ought to be conducted in Enugu State or anywhere for Enugu State, having successfully concluded the one held on the 30th day of April, 2022.

Others listed as Defendants in the Suit are: Hon Bature Mohammed, Hon Augustine Nnamani, Hon Innocent Ezeoha and Dr. Christian Iyiani.

7KH PRWLRQ GDWHG DQG ÀOHG RQ WK GD\ RI 0D\ was brought pursuant to Order 39 Rule 3 of the High Court Rules of Enugu State, 2020, and under the inherent jurisdiction of the Honourable Court.