By Temidayo Akinsuyi

Last minute efforts by stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to get Prince Uche Secondus, the suspended na­tional chairman of the party, to withdraw his case in court failed as at Wednesday evening.

The Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal after hearing submis­sions by parties, fixed today to hear and rule on the motion for an interim injunc­tion brought by Secondus against the PDP and others.

The ruling is expected to be delivered by 12p.m today.

Secondus had through his counsel, Tayo Oyetibo, urged the court to suspend the October 30 and 31 national convention of the party and declare him the right person to preside over the exercise.

When the matter came up on Tuesday, six other members of the PDP drew the attention of the court to their application for joinder, which was not opposed by counsel to Secondus and was subsequently granted by the three-man panel of the Court of Appeal.

However, the defendants’ counsel, including those who joined in the suit opposed to the motion for an interim injunction by Secondus’ counsel seeking to stop the PDP’s forthcoming na­tional convention, asked for time to respond to the process.

The three-man appeal panel led by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, after listening to the argument from the parties, ordered counsel to the plaintiff to serve the process on the defen­dant’s counsel within 24 hours.

Tsammani also urged the re­spondents’ counsels to respond within 24 hours and adjourned till today.

Daily Independent gathered that Secondus had to switch off his phones and remained incommunicado following pressure by stakeholders in the party to reach him to have a change of mind and withdraw the case so as not to scuttle the convention.

“The pressure on him was much but he wouldn’t budge. He has said he is determined to pursue the case to a logical conclusion and will abide by the ruling of the court. Several efforts were made to have him change his mind but he said no. Atatime, he had to switch off his mobile phones so that he won’t be reached by those pressuris­ing him to withdraw the case”, an aide of the embattled PDP leader said.

However, another leader of the party who spoke on condition of anonymity said there are some leaders in the party who want the case to continue.

He said,“The leaders are even pushing for the case to be successful because what they are seeing is not what they bargained for. Instead of pushing against the case, they are pushing for the case to go through so that what is happening now that is annoying a lot of people across the country can stop”.

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Secondus is just grandstanding. He wants retirement package. Wike and PDP governors should help the tax collector

Allow the man to pursue his right jor. It is now becoming a norm for Party leaders to be booted out before the expiration of their terms in office. 09127 724742 call/Whatsapp for EFCC SCUML Cert, Company registration, Business Name registration, Annual returns, NGO registration, Foundation, Church, School, Club etc.

PDP is dead and will be Buried in 2023. No evil lasts forever. The party that failed Nigeria and threw Nigeria into perpetual suffering. But by God's grace through Buhari we are bouncing back.

hisexcellency34:
By Temidayo Akinsuyi



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to died for office remain for this furcking country


why not we put juju for this offices if you chop money you go die jazz


let see how many go remain

Secondus haven't lived up to expectation. He would easily be trusted with the responsibility of chairing the party beyond 2023 if he was doing well.
They better resolve their internal crisis before 2023 because we are tired of this Cancer (APC) eating us up

Wahala everywhere!
I am not sure PDP has what it takes to dismiss APC at the next 2023 election.

No backing down..

Even if he fails in a Portharcout PDP court, he must fight it to the Supreme Court.

Playing politics at the expense of the improvement of the country..

Please refer to my sig.. Thank you

Selfish is the word

Seconded, Secondus is the authentic PDP chairman and the court will surely discredit anything done not by him in the party . He must take the corpse of the PDP to the grave

Short people are always difficult to convince.

nairavsdollars:
Secondus is just grandstanding. He wants retirement package. Wike and PDP governors should help the tax collector

No he's not grandstanding he is grandsitting.

One man woke up and suspended him, so he must fight till the end.

benuejosh:
PDP is dead and will be Buried in 2023. No evil lasts forever. The party that failed Nigeria and threw Nigeria into perpetual suffering. But by God's grace through Buhari we are bouncing back.

Apc has done worst.
Bandits spotted, gumi blood line.

Good...

PDP that want to take power from APC,PDP's problem is more than Nigeria problem, we can say they are the real problem.

nairavsdollars:
Secondus is just grandstanding. He wants retirement package. Wike and PDP governors should help the tax collector

As an opposition party removing a national chairman before the tenure end date has a number of negative consequences.

This clueless chairman should go home and rest.

They always appear meek and gentle when seeking the position, but turn tigers when asked to resign..

This only happens when there is no other source of living.

Which fight till the end? He knows how much he will make from the convention through lobbying and sale of forms alone. Wike just cut his ticket

ddippset:
No he's not grandstanding he is grandsitting.

One man woke up and suspended him, so he must fight till the end.

Bad market for PDP.

May they and all people, their family supporting them and the works of their hands continue to fail for 16 years of destroying Nigeria.

I don't blame him

hisexcellency34:
Which fight till the end? He knows how much he will make from the convention through lobbying and sale of forms alone. Wike just cut his ticket

So why should Wike cut his ticket? Is he the owner of PDP?

Why PDP was formed Wike was still hussling in Obio Akpor.

The strongest political party that is willing to be enthroned comes 2023 is sinking. They are to be enthroned but their structure is weak

This matter will reach the apex court.
E fit reach ecowas court sef the way its going

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benuejosh:
PDP is dead and will be Buried in 2023. No evil lasts forever. The party that failed Nigeria and threw Nigeria into perpetual suffering. But by God's grace through Buhari we are bouncing back.

Both the apc and pdp will be buried because they're sisamese twins. They've failed us. I entered Benin Republic 2 days ago and exchanged one thousand naira for one thousand and fifty cfa. If the pdp had any chance of regaining power in 2023, you'd see how massively the apc would rush for the umbrella cover. If you ask them, they'd either say they've learnt thier lesson while in the apc or they've come back home after 8 years of the apc failure, begging Nigerians to forgive them.

This is certainly not the best of times for PDP. Since their presidential loss to the ruling party APC, PDP has been beset by a myriad of challenges.

One does not need a fortune teller to deduce that to recover foothold in Aso Rock is not just near impossible but has proven to be indeed mission impossible with the inner politics and differences threatening to tear apart the foundation of this party.

While APC are in a definitely strong position to cruise to victory due to not just their grip on all fronts but their housekeeping is seemly in order.

It is in the best interests of PDP to put aside all differences and work as a unit. 2023 is around the corner.

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