The question on the lips of many members at every party function or gathering is the possibility of holding the convention in the face of a pending court case involving the suspended national chairman, Uche Secondus and the party.
“We are optimistic that PDP is going to come out more united from this convention and much more ready to provide the desired platform upon which many Nigerians can realise their aspirations. We shall continue to deepen our democracy and work together as democrats for a greater Nigeria,” he stated. Secondus also asked the court to nullify his suspension, insisting that Section 59 of the PDP constitution clearly stated that the ward or the state executive committee of any state has no powers to suspend any national officer of the party.
Some believe that should the prayers of Secondus be upheld, all actions, taken from the time of his suspension till date will be a nullity. In one of the statements released by Secondus’ media adviser, Ike Abonyi, it was pointed out that section 47 of the Constitution of the PDP did not empower the ward executive of the party to suspend a national officer.
Section 8 of the Constitution of the party reads: “Members shall pay their monthly subscription fees at the Ward level, which must be reflected on their membership cards, and where a member consistently fails to pay his subscription fees for six months, such membership will be deemed to have lapsed.”
Akawor added: “In his presence, intervention took place and he agreed on all the words that were put down, only for him to go globetrotting the following week, going from Niger to Ota, to continue the course and saying that all that was agreed was no longer possible. Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the Degema Judicial Division vacation court sitting in Port Harcourt, ratified the suspension of Secondus while delivering judgment in suit No: PHC/2183/CS/2021 filed by Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha against Uche Secondus and the PDP .
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