PDP’s Next Chess Move: NWC Gathers To Determine Fate Of Suspended Chairman

• The PDP is set to hold a NWC meeting to discuss its reaction following a court’s ruling that barred Iyorchia Ayu from office.

• The High Court issued an interim order restraining Ayu from parading himself as the PDP chairman.

• Debo Ologunagba said the party is ready to interrogate the sequence of events leading to Ayu’s suspension at the NWC meeting.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that following the court’s ruling that barred Iyorchia Ayu from office as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party has announced that it will hold a National Working Committee meeting to discuss its reaction.

Recall that a High Court sitting in Makurdi presided over by Justice Wilfred Kpochin issued an interim order restraining Ayu from parading himself as the PDP chairman.

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The order of the court was issued on Monday following an ex-parte application brought before the court by a PDP member, Conrad Utaan.

The application was supported by a 15-paragraph affidavit and three exhibits including the applicant’s PDP membership card, receipt of payment of dues and a copy of the resolution of the PDP Executive of the Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area, suspending Ayu.

Reacting to the development in a chat with reporters in Abua, PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba said the party is ready to interrogate the sequence of events leading to Ayu’s suspension at a meeting of its National Working Committee.

He said Nigerians will know the decision of the party on the order barring Ayu as chairman after the NWC meeting.

He said, “It is when we see the court order that we can react. We will react appropriately when we get the order.

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“When we get the details of the court order, the National Working Committee of the party will consider it and we will make our decision known to Nigerians.”

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