The protesters, numbering at least 100 and believed to be loyal to the former Chairman of the committee, Chief Onyekachi Nwebonyi, marched to the court premises at about 4pm to register their anger over the development.
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This followed an ex-party motion brought by the Onyekachi Nwebonyi-led State Working Committee of the party which was earlier dissolved by the National Executive Committee of the party.
Following the recent controversial defection of Governor David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress, the National Working Committee of the PDP had on November 17 dissolved the State Working Committee, chaired by Nwebonyi
Nwebonyi noted that his emergence as party chairman was through election for a four-year term and not by appointment by the national body of the party.
The disclosure was made by the State Chairman of the party, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of its State Executive Committee meeting held on Friday at its secretariat in Abakaliki
Chief Onyekachi Nwebonyi, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State, says that neither Governor David Umahi nor the party has endorsed any aspirant for the upcoming local government elections in the state.