Secondus Vows To Fight On, Refuses To Withdraw Court Case

The last may not have been heard about the leadership crisis rock­ing the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) as the erst­while national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, has vowed to pursue the case which led to his abrupt remov­al to a logical conclusion, Metronetworknews has gathered.

Sources in the party said several chieftains of the party, including retired Generals and elder statesmen, have been mounting pressure on Secondus to withdraw the case he instituted at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal challenging his removal from office.

Secondus had prayed the appellate court to affirm that his four-year tenure ends on December 9, 2021.

He also asked the appellate court to quash the orders of the two high courts that restrained him as the national chairman of the party.

In the suit, Secondus also asked the court to nullify his suspension, insisting that sec­tion 59(3) of the PDP constitu­tion clearly stated that the ward or the state executive commit­tee of any state has no powers to suspend any national officer of the party.

However, when contacted a close associate of Secondus on Wednesday, who spoke on con­dition of anonymity, said all those who are saying Secondus has resigned to fate “will soon receive the shocker of their lives as the man has promised to pursue the case to a logical conclusion.

“We are in total support of this. Our position is very clear. Even if you don’t want him as national chairman again, why not allow him complete his term and leave? Why disgrace him out of office few weeks to the end of his tenure as if he committed a crime?

Also speaking on the issue, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) informed newsmen that the stalemate is due to the inability of the Sen­ator David Mark-led committee saddled with the responsibility of finding a lasting solution to the plethora of court cases, as well as conflict of interests between feuding party leaders to make the warring parties sheathe their sword.

He said Secondus refusal to withdraw his court case was due to the inability of the Mark committee to persuade Gover­nor Nyesom Wike to also withdraw the original case in Rivers High Court which led to Secondus ouster from office.