Imo PDP Chairman, INEC Sued by 83 Party Members Over State Congress

83 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State have taken the party’s state chairman, Hon. Austin Nwachukwu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and others to court over the actions of the state congress, further exacerbating the party’s leadership problem.
Asserting that the August 31, 2024, congress that produced Nwachukwu and other executives was “marred by exclusion and illegality,” the plaintiffs claim that it broke both the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act of 2022.
The party was accused by the irate members, led by Lambert Eze, of illegally banning legitimately elected delegates from Ideato North and South Local Government Areas from the process.
In order to prevent present officials from posing as executives and to enforce the conduct of a new, democratic congress that includes all eligible delegates, they are requesting an order to invalidate the congress.

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Ten additional people, including Hon. Chris Ozoemenam and Hon. Dr. Sylvester Durukwuaku, the party’s interim leaders in Ideato North and South LGAs, as well as the PDP national body, have joined the lawsuit.

K.U. Alisigwe of Ononaku Chambers, Owerri, acting as their attorney, filed the case, which was designated FHC/OW/CS/51/2025.

In their appeal to the court to support their stance and restore “the integrity of internal democracy in Imo PDP,” the plaintiffs characterized the congress as “unlawful, null, and void.”