Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has asked a federal high court in Abuja to stop the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling him from the party.
It can be recalled that Wike has been at loggerheads with the leadership of the party over his failure to secure the 2023 Presidential ticket of the party.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/139/2023, Wike through his lawyers DY Musa, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Douglas Moru, and C.C. Chibuike, asked the court to order the defendants to maintain status quo and stay all actions relating to the threats to suspend or expel him.
The defendants in the suit are the PDP; national working committee (NWC) of the PDP; national executive committee (NEC) of the PDP; Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the PDP; Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary of the PDP; and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In the ex parte motion filed on February 2, before J.K. Omotosho, the judge, Wike is asking the court to restrain the defendants from suspending him pending the hearing and determination of the originating motion.
After hearing the motion, the judge ordered that all parties in the suit maintain peace and “not take any action or step or act that may make the outcome of the motion “nugatory and worthless”. Omotosho also ordered that any act or step or action made to make the outcome of the motion “nugatory” shall be a nullity.
He further directed that the defendants should be served with the notice through substituted means and that it should also be pasted at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja. The judge then adjourned the hearing of the substantive suit till February 14.
The development comes weeks after the PDP suspended Chimaroke Nnamani, senator representing Enugu west senatorial district, and some members over alleged anti-party activities.
The PDP had also warned that it will “respond” to those who are its members but do not support the presidential bid of Atiku Abubakar.
Wike and his allies Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, and Samuel Ortom of Benue have not declared support for Abubakar and have boycotted the party’s presidential rallies.
They are demanding the resignation of Ayu as the party’s chairperson.
So this man called nwike who talks & behaves fearlessly as if he’s God can fear like this? Truly if one man cooks for d public, they will finish d food but if d public cook for one man, he cannot be able to finish it
trash, balderdash and arrant nonsense! so you expect him to siddonluk while they expel him?
Indeed
THIS IS GETTING VERY INTERESTING.
He cannot be suspended for now at least. He has preempted any political untoward.
Nigeria. Nothing wey we no go hear. Naw na Court wey no want extend the old naira. Okay ooo
I pray to Nigeria to have a good leadership