COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF SOUTH-EAST NATIONAL VICE-CHAIRMAN ODEFA
A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Wednesday affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Vice Chairman (South-East), Ali Odefa.
This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by the applicants in Suit between Herbert Onyedikachi and nine others as applicants, versus Chief Ali Odefa (defendant), PDP, and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The plaintiffs had sought reliefs, including an order restraining Ali Odefa from parading himself as a member of PDP or enjoying the rights and privileges accorded to party members.
They also sought an order preventing Odefa from holding the office of National Vice Chairman of the PDP (South-East Zone).
Delivering judgment on the suit, the presiding judge, Justice Hilary I. O. Oshomah, granted the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs and affirmed Odefa’s expulsion from the PDP.
Chief Odefa was expelled from the PDP on 12 December 2024 by the party’s executives in Oguduokwor Ward, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, following a disciplinary committee’s recommendation, which found him guilty of anti-party activities.
The court also issued an order restraining Odefa and the police from harassing, arresting, or in any way intimidating the applicants concerning his earlier suspension from the PDP, Oguduokwor Ward.
