Don’t touch Amaechi, court tells PDP

A Port Harcourt High Court on Friday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party not to take further action against Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State.
The court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogbuji, directed the PDP not to take any action against the governor pending the hearing of a substantive suit challenging his suspension from the party.
The judge gave the order in Port Harcourt following a preliminary application brought by Amaechi’s lawyers, led by Akin Olujinmi, SAN.
The judge ordered the PDP to maintain status quo on the matter and summoned the party to appear before it on June 6.
He directed Amaechi to serve the PDP the necessary court processes through pasting and publication in the national dailies.
In an interview with newsmen, Olujinmi said the court asked the governor’s lawyers to put the PDP on notice.
“We are in court to set aside the suspension of Governor Amaechi by the PDP,” he said.
Olujinmi said the governor’s counsel prayed the court to give an interim order restraining the PDP from doing anything further based on his purported suspension.