Crisis deepens as Court stops PDP congress in Rivers
The political disaster rocking Rivers has taken a toll on the scheduled congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.
The High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, issued an order restraining the celebration from conducting the congress scheduled for July 27.
The court docket issued the order in a go well with filed by 11 candidates in opposition to the PDP, the National Chairman of PDP, the celebration’s Financial Secretary and the Organising Secretary.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Sobere Biambo, issued an order of interim injunction restraining the defendants from finishing up the PDP congress on July 27th or another day or location rescheduled for the occasion.
The court docket additionally stopped the PDP from holding the Congress in Rivers on any day in any respect pending the willpower of the go well with.
The court docket additional stopped the PDP from taking any choice or giving any directive to additional prolong the already expired tenure of the ward, native authorities and state government officers of the celebration.
The court docket adjourned the matter to July 19th for the movement on discover already filed.