State, Chief Ime Effiong Ekanem
An Abuja High Court sitting at Kubwa, on
Friday restrained the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) from forwarding to the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) the result of the
special congress it held in Akwa Ibom
State on December 8 for the purpose of
producing a gubernatorial candidate in
the state for the 2015 general elections.
Justice Y. Halilu who granted an ex-parte
application that was filed by a chieftain
of the PDP in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Ime
Effiong Ekanem, ordered the party not to
send the outcome of the said congress or
the name of any one as its gubernatorial
candidate for the state until January 5,
when the substantive suit will he heard
Listed as defendants in the suit were the
PDP, its National Chairman and the
National Secretary of the party. Justice
Halilu also issued an order for the
substituted service of the motion on
notice, originating summons, and all
other processes in the suit on the 2nd
and 3rd defendants by serving same on
the office of the Legal Adviser of the PDP
at its head quarters in Abuja.
The judge however declined request for
the abridgement of time for hearing of
the case, saying the prayer could not
stand in view of the Christmas and New year resolation