A high court in Benue state has granted an interim order restraining Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pending the determination of the substantive suit which has been adjourned to April 17, 2023 for hearing.
A member of the PDP from Benue, Terhide Utaan, who is the plaintiff before Justice W. I Kpochi, obtained the order restraining Ayu from parading himself as national chairman of the party.
Ayu was suspended late last week for anti-party activities in the wake of the party’s loss in the presidential election.
But in a statement by his media aide Simon Imobo-Tswam on Monday, the former lawmaker argued that only the ward lacks the powers to suspend him.
