More trouble as court sacks Ayu as PDP national chairman

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu was on Monday ordered to stop parading himself as the chairman of the party by a Benue State High Court.

Ayu had on Sunday been suspended by his Igyorov Ward Exco on alleged anti-party activities and failure to deliver his ward during the general elections.

Justice W. I Kpochi, sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital ordred Ayu to stop parading himself as the chairman of the PDP, pending the determination of the substantive suit which has been adjourned to April 17, 2023, for hearing.

A member of the PDP in Benue State, Terhide Utaan, who is the plaintiff in the suit, obtained the restraining order on Ayu.

Speaking with journalists in Makurdi after obtaining the court order, the plaintiff said following the suspension of Ayu by his Igyorov Ward Exco, it is wrong for him to keep up with the office of national chairman and further disunite the party.

Reacting his suspension by his ward executive on Monday, Ayu, in a statement by his media aide, Simon Imobo-Tswam, said the members of the committee, who suspended him are “illiterates”.

Ayu described his suspension as “an exercise in futility as it derives its strength majorly from gross illiteracy, ignorance, gambling and desperation”.

He stressed that only the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) has the power to suspend him, saying the suspension letter was written by an illiterate and given to the coerced members of the committee to sign in Makurdi.

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