Abia State High Court sitting at Obehie, Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, has stopped the enforcement of the purported suspension of the former Senate President and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara.
The court presided over by Justice LTC Eruba, in an order, restrained Abraham Amah, laying claim to the Abia State chairmanship of the PDP, from enforcing the said suspension.
Senator Wabara had in a suit marked HUK/8/2025, dragged Amah to the court, seeking the order of the court to restrain the defendant from enforcing the purported suspension.
Granting the prayers of the claimant, the court ordered: “The defendant is restrained from enforcing the suspension of the claimant/applicant from the Peoples Democratic Party, or in any way, affecting his position as the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the PDP till the motion on notice is determined “.
Recall that Amah, a former Vice Chairman of the PDP, Abia North, had a penultimate week, in Umuahia, announced the purported suspension of Wabara, accusing the former Senate President of engaging in anti-party.
Amah cited a complimentary remark by the BoT Chairman on Governor Alex Otti for awarding a contract for the reconstruction of the long-abandoned Port Harcourt Road Aba, in October 2023, as anti-party.
But the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, had in a swift response, declared the purported suspension as “null and void and of no effect”.
The NWC posited that the said suspension was a violation of the party’s constitution.
Similarly, a pressure group known as PDP Frontiers for Change and Progress had also said that Amah lacked the constitutional powers to suspend the BoT Chairman of the party.
Meanwhile, the PDP Frontiers for Change and Progress has blasted a former Commissioner for Information, Abia State, Chief John Okiyi Kalu over his recent media attacks on Wabara.
Kalu on a live radio programme in Umuahia alleged that Senator Wabara had a secret meeting in London with Gov. Alex Otti, to perfect plans to bring the Governor to the PDP ahead of 2027.
He further claimed that Wabara’s intention in wooing Otti was to chase ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu (who Kalu served under), from the ‘Big Umbrella’.
But the National Coordinator of the PDP pro-group, Mr Emeka Yellow Ikpegbu, challenged Kalu to substantiate his claims with evidence.