Court Bars PDP From Accepting Enugu Delegates Iist
An Enugu State High Court on Thursday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from acting on a list of delegates said to have been elected during the recent ward and local government congresses in Enugu State, pending the hearing and determination of a substantive suit filed by a faction of the party loyal to Governor Sullivan Chime.
The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Innocent Umezuluike granted the injunction after listening to an exparte motion filed by a chieftain of the PDP in the state, Chief Ikeje Asogwa.
The development is a new twist in the battle between two factions – one loyal to Governor Sullivan Chime, the other backed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu – over control of the party structure in the state.
The Ekweremadu faction, led by Elder David Aja, had declared that the congress held successfully in the state, and proceeded to forward a list of delegates elected from the exercise to Abuja.
But the Chime camp, led by Chief Ikeje Asogwa, insisted that there was no congress in the 260 wards in Enugu State on November 1.
The Chime faction, which also includes members of the State Executive Committee of the party, is arguing that the congress did not hold due to the non-arrival of members of the electoral panel and materials from Abuja.
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