Ugochinyere hails sacking of pro-Wike Rivers PDP chairman

The Spokesperson, Opposition Coalition, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has declared that the Rivers State High Court judgement which removed the pro-Wike Aaron Chukwuemeka as the state Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has ended an era of audacious political impunity. The lawyer turned lawmaker while describing the court verdict as victory for democracy, said it […]

The Spokesperson, Opposition Coalition, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has declared that the Rivers State High Court judgement which removed the pro-Wike Aaron Chukwuemeka as the state Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has ended an era of audacious political impunity.

The lawyer turned lawmaker while describing the court verdict as victory for democracy, said it has finally nailed anti-party and anti-people treacherous politics not just in Rivers but the entire country.

Recall that the state High Court presided over by Justice Stephen Jumbo on Monday in a ruling on interlocutory injunction sought by Edwin Woko and three others, restrained Chukwuemeka and his state executives from parading themselves as executive members of the PDP in the state.

Woko and three others, all PDP members, challenged the congresses that produced Chukwuemeka’s executive committee, arguing that the congresses violated an existing court order, rendering it illegal.

Reacting to the judgement, Ugochinyere in a statement said the judiciary has once again proven its mettle as the last hope of the common man and safeguard for Nigerian democracy.

“I wholeheartedly welcomed the judgement of the Rivers State High Court which removed the illegal pro-Wike Aaron Chukwuemeka as the state Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as it ends an era of audacious political impunity; anti-party and anti-people treacherous politics.

“We all remember that after the expiration of the tenure of Rivers substantive PD executives in August 2024, the national leadership of our party gave them a three-month extension.

“But to consternation of all former Governor Nyesom Wike and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, criminally altered the list and imposed Aaron Chukwuemeka as the acting chairman, contrary to the party’s directive.

“However, their evil plan fell like a pack of cards following the judgement of the Rivers State High Court which squashed that charade and now we have an interim exco in place led by the chairman, Dr Robinson Ewor and the Secretary, Dr Field Nkor.

“The bold steps taken by the Ewor-led party executives with their declaration that, ‘we have taken over our party from members of the APC, which Nyesom Wike and his criminal gang handed over the party to, we have taken over. Today, the party is in the hands of PDP members, not APC members. What this judgement means to us is that the party is being restored to the original owners. The party is restored to the leader of the party, the Governor of the state, Fubara’, is clear indication that the evil machinations of the APC apologist has been dismantled.”