A Federal High Court in Abuja has given an order restraining the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing its suspended acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum.
The presiding judge, Justice Peter Lifu, handed down the judgement in a suit instituted against the PDP NEC and BoT by Senator Umar El-Gash Maina on Friday, October 11, 2024.
Justice Lifu said no other person must be recognised as PDP national chairman other than Damagum until the national convention of the party slated for December 2025.
Justice Lifu declared that in line with Articles 42, 47, and 67 of PDP, it is only at the national convention of the party that national officers can be elected.
The judge added that PDP members were bound by the party’s constitution and as such must always act in line with the provisions and obedience to the party’s law.
