PDP: More trouble as court refuses to vacate order barring Secondus, Opara, Omehia from meetings

AFederal High Court in Abuja has dismissed applications filed by a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, and two others seeking to vacate an order barring them from attending leadership meetings of the party.

Also affected are sacked Rivers State Governor Celestine Omehia and a former House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Austin Adiele Opara.

The court had, on April 5, issued ex parte orders which, among others, restrained the three PDP chieftains from attending any meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) or participating in deliberations or proceedings of the meetings in any manner pending the determination of the substantive suit.

The restraining orders were made on three substantive suits filed against the three chieftains of the PDP by some members of the party in Rivers State. The suit against Secondus and the seven others was filed by Titus Jones. The second against Omehia and five others was filed by Precious Wobisike, while the third against Opara and seven others was filed by Chisa Amadi.

Secondus, Opara, and Omehia had applied that the execution of the orders be stayed pending the determination of the appeals they filed, challenging the ex parte orders. Nation