By Ogochukwu Isioma
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling members perceived to be loyal to Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Tuesday while ruling on a suit filed by the Rivers State PDP Governor-elect, Siminlalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Dr. Ngozi Odu, alongside others.
Fubara and others had sued the PDP and its executive leadership over an alleged plan to suspend or expel them from the party over their association with Wike.
The court held that the “fears of the plaintiffs were well founded”, and that “suspending or expelling them would amount to the breach of their rights to freedom of association”.
Justice Ekwo therefore restrained the PDP or its agents from either suspending or expelling the applicants as the act would amount to infringement of their rights which the court is out to protect.