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Justice J.O. Okeaya-Inneh of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has barred the embattled National Vice Chairman, South-South of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, from the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention thereby escalating the already beleaguered crisis in the party’s state chapter.
This was contained in an Enrolment of Order issued by Justice Okeaya-Inneh in suit no B/218/os/2021 instituted by Chief Idehen Ekunday, Mr Stanley Iduoze and Odior Omadimhe, the claimants/applicants.
The presiding judge also barred the State Secretary of the party, Hilary Otsu, the member representing Oredo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, as well as eight others from attending the October 30th and 31st National Convention of the party.
Justice Okeaya-Inneh, after hearing from the counsel to the applicants, Philomena Odaise, gave an interim injunction restraining the first to 11th defendants from attending, participating or voting at the National Convention to elect members of its National Working Committee or and other Governing Body which convention is fixed for the 30th and 31st of October, 2021 or fixed for any other date pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice herein.
The judge also issued an order of interim injunction directing the 12th Defendant, PDP, its servants, Officers. agents, or otherwise howsoever to deny admittance to the first to 11th defendant at the National Convention of the 12th Defendant, PDP, scheduled for 30th and 31st October 2021 or any other day and ensure that the 1st – 11th Defendants do not vote or participate in any shape or form at the National Convention of the 12′ Defendant scheduled for the 30th and 31st of October 2021 or scheduled for any other date(s) pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice herein.
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He also ordered that all the parties can be served through substituted means by advertisement in a National Newspaper and ordered for accelerated hearing of the motion on notice.
The case was adjourned to 2nd November, 2021, for hearing.
