The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) NWC meeting earlier scheduled to hold today, August 24, has been postponed indefinitely after a court sitting in Port Harcourt restrained the national chairman, Uche Secondus, from presiding over any meeting of the party.
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the PDP, Elder Yemi Akinwomi, stepped in to stir the ship in the absence of Secondus, by suspending the scheduled NWC meeting of the party till further notice.
A statement by Akinwomi reads: “Following the court order a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt restraining the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman, South, Elder Akinwomi acting on section 45 (2) of the PDP constitution took over the presiding over of the activities of the party and issued the directive.
“The Constitutional section says that in absence of the National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman South takes over the running of the party.
“Elder Akinwomi has been recuperating from a protracted illness and had to sign his public announcement with a thumbprint publicly videoed.
“In the statement, Elder Akinwomi said: “Our attention was drawn yesterday evening to a court order which purports to restrain our National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus from summoning and presiding over the meetings of the organs of the party. In the foregoing circumstance, as the deputy National Chairman South of the Peoples Democratic Party, after due consultations and in the exercise of the aforesaid powers, hereby deem it fit and proper to postpone the National Working Committee, NWC, meeting earlier scheduled for today till further notice to allow for broader consultations in the overall interest of our party.
Find attached the thumbprint and the video of the thumb printing.”