Court restrains Ayu from parading self as PDP chair
•Why I approached court to sack him — PDP Stalwart •Ayu rejects purported suspension by ward exco •Says opponents ignorant gamblers A High Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has issued an interim injunction restraining Dr Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This came on a day Ayu dismissed his purported suspension by a section of his ward executives over alleged anti-party activities as the handiwork of some desperate ignorant gamblers who lacked basic understanding of PDP constitution. The presiding judge, Justice W.I. Kpochi, gave the interim order yesterday in suit No. MHC/85/2023 filed at the court by Terhide Utaan with Ayu and the PDP as defendants. The case was adjourned until April 17 for further hearing. The application was supported by a 15 paragraph affidavit to which it was annexed three exhibits as exhibits A1, A2 and B, which were the applicant’s membership card of the second defendant, receipts for payment of dues and ...