BREAKING: PDP convention to hold Saturday, Sunday as Court of Appeal ‘strikes out’ Secondus case seeking to stop it
A Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, South South Nigeria, has struck out the case before it filed at the instance of Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the party’s National Convention holding Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 October, 2021.
The DEFENDER’s effort to get official confirmation of the judgement was yet to succeed as at time of filing this report as network failed communication with our Port Harcourt source while PDP leadership was not reachable.
However, a Kano State registered member of the PDP, who spoke on phone with The DEFENDER from Abuja Friday morning, confirmed that the information about the judgement was correct, and that the PDP national convention will hold as scheduled.
The source, who sought not to be mentioned, said: “It is true that the appeal court in Port Harcourt has struck out the case filed by suspended chairman of the party, Chief Uche Secondus against the national convention, which will hold beginning from tomorrow Saturday and ending on Sunday,” he said.
The Appeal Court had Thursday reserved ruling on an appeal filed by the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Uche Secondus, urging the court to suspend the party’s national convention scheuled for 30 and 31 October, 2021 in Abuja.
The DEFENDER earlier reported former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye confidently saying in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today that the court’s judgement was going to favour the PDP on Friday that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) would be put to shame.
Melaye had been under heavy attack for repeatedly blaming the APC for the crisis in the party, although he was reminded by the television program anchor that ‘PDP internal affair’ and not APC was topic of discussion.
