A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has sent the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus packing, giving him 14 days within which to vacate the office.
The order was handed down today following a suit filed by the former Special Adviser on Political Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak.
The court said that based on the arguments preferred by Gulak, Secondus is occupying the position of the Acting National Chairman of the party illegally even as Secondus said that he would appeal the judgment.
Justice Hussein Baba in his judgment held that the position of the Acting National Chairman of the party is zoned to the North East and therefore cannot be occupied by Secondus, who is from the South South.
His counsel, Paul Isaiah, said: “we are going to appeal this judgment.
“Apart from the appeal, we are also going to file a stay of execution of the judgment because the National Convention of the party is in March next year.”
In the suit, Gulak said that by the provision of the PDP constitution and its zoning principle, he was the proper person to replace the former Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, who hailed from the North East geopolitical zone. [myad]