A Benue State High Court on Friday in Makurdi ruled that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu could no longer hold office as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, having lost membership of the party in his Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. A member of the PDP in Benue State, Conrad Terhide Utaan, had dragged Ayu to court after his Igyorov Ward executive committee of the party suspended him after passing a vote of no confidence on him.
June 2, 2023A Benue State High Court on Friday in Makurdi ruled that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu could no longer hold office as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, having lost membership of the party in his Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.
He also sought a declaration of court that Ayu could not hold himself out, function and preside over the affairs of the PDP as its national chairman having ceased to enjoy all the rights and privileges of membership by virtue of his suspension by the ward executive committee of the party in his Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area.
He also challenged the locus standi of the plaintiff, Engr. Utaan to institute the action, adding that the plaintiff had not exhausted the internal dispute resolution mechanism of the party, amongst other objections. Justice Ikpambese held that by virtue of Article 8of the constitution of the PDP, Dr. Ayu ceased to be a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with his failure to pay his subscription and membership fee.
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