This is not the best of times for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, sacked its Acting National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus. In a judgement, yesterday, Justice Hussein Baba ordered Secondus to vacate Chairmanship seat of the PDP within 14 days.
The court order followed a suit filed by the erstwhile Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak.The court held that Secondus assumed the headship of the party through an illegitimate process.Justice Baba agreed with the plaintiff that the position of the Acting National Chairman of the PDP was originally zoned to the North-East geo-political zone of the country and, therefore, cannot be occupied by Secondus.
The court directed Secondus to within the next two weeks, hand over the leadership of the party to the plaintiff or any other member of the PDP from the North-East, who is worthy to pilot the affairs of the party in an acting capacity.