Court Rremoves Nwodo As PDP Chairman.

With barely 24 hours to the presidential primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s Chairman has been removed. The presiding Judge, Reuben Onuorah, of the Enugu State High Court has ordered the PDP National Chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo, to stop “parading himself as chairman of the party.” The Judge ruled that Mr. Nwodo should stop functioning as chairman and enjoying any benefits from the position, pending the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. It will be recalled that Collins Amalu, a registered member of the party from Ngwo-Uno ward in Enugu State filed the suit, No E/449/2010 in December In the suit, Amalu claimed that Chief. Nwodo was not a bona fide member of PDP. While issuing the order, the judge said “at the time he left the PDP and sought to return to the party, he did not re-register as a member of the party and was not issued a membership card in line with PDP Constitution. This fact was publicly confirmed by Mr. Nwodo himself and enquiries made also confirmed that. Based on that, he is not entitled to hold the position, perform any function, or enjoy the benefits from the party.” FABMIMI gathered that hearing comes up on January 31 on a matter related to the issue.