A Federal Capital Territory(FCT) High Court has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and five others from removing the elected National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu , pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice before the court.

The Court also restrained the PDP, the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the PDP, the National Working Committee(NWC) of the party, Board of Trustees(BoT) of the PDP, their privies, officers, agents or servants howsoever described from directing the Deputy National Secretary, Hon. Setonji Koshoedo or any other person to act as National Secretary of the PDP, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

Justice Halilu gave the order while ruling on an ex parte application filed by the State Chairman of the PDP in Imo State, Hon. Austine Nwachukwu, through his counsel Clement Mue.

The order also restrained Hon. Koshoedo from issuing any notice of meetings of the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee respectively, signing any document or performing any function of the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party except in the absence of the National Secretary and when directed by the National Secretary to so act, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice.

The presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu further restrained all the defendants, their privies, officers, agents or servants
howsoever described from truncating the tenure of office of the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Nnemeka Anyanwu in any
manner pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on
Notice.

Justice Halilu accordingly adjourned the matter to January 28,2025, for hearing of the motion on notice and to February 5th, 2025 for hearing of the originating summons.

In the suit marked CV /64/2025