Breaking: Court Rules Against Anyanwu’s Attempt to Block PDP Ouster

PDP National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu asked the Federal High Court in Abuja’s Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from removing him as the party’s secretary, but the court refused his appeal.
Rather than that, the judge told Anyanwu to call INEC and the other defendants in his new case so that their opinions could be heard.
Anyanwu reportedly filed an ex-parte suit with the Federal High Court, requesting a ruling that would forbid INEC or its agents from receiving or acting upon any written submissions or correspondence from the PDP until he signed them.
Anyanwu also asked Justice Ekwo to restrict Ambassador Umar Illiya Damagun from delivering any written submissions, papers, or letters to INEC unless they were signed by him, according to the motion submitted by his attorney, K.C.O. Njemanze (SAN).

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In a brief order, Justice Ekwo accepted that Anyanwu’s claims had created a case of urgency after taking into account the plaintiff’s grounds.

But the judge rejected the plaintiff’s ex-parte application, choosing instead to hear arguments from the defendants before making any decisions.

He therefore instructed Anyanwu to inform Damagun and INEC about the new litigation so that they might make an appearance in court and make their case.

On February 24, Justice Ekwo set a hearing date and gave the plaintiff instructions to serve the two defendants with the required court documents.