The Supreme Court yesterday sacked the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State.
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a five-man bench upheld Ejike Oguebego-led Executive Committee of the PDP in the state as constituting the party’s authentic leadership.
The court upheld the appeal filed by Ejike Oguebego-led Executive Committee of the PDP against the judgment of the Court of Appeal on the issue and awarded N100,000 each against the PDP and its member, Chukwudi Okasia, (listed as 1st and 3rd respondents in the appeal) in favour of the appellants.
The judgment was interpreted differently by the two opposing camps in state.
While the Oguebego camp saw the judgment as an indication that Senators Andy Uba, Stella Oduah and others, who were products of a second list submitted to the INEC by the caretaker committee set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP to manage the affairs of its Anambra chapter have been sacked and are now to be replaced by candidates on the earlier list submitted to the INEC by the Ejike Oguebego-led Executive Committee of the PDP in Anambra, the other camp said Uba and Oduah remain senators as the Supreme Court made no such declaration.
