A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling members perceived to be loyal to Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement delivered on two separate suits filed by the affected PDP members, held that the fears of the applicants were well founded, and that suspending or expelling them would amount to the breach of their rights to freedom of association.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sir Siminlalayi Fubara, Rivers PDP governor-elect and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Odu, alongside 48 federal and state legislators from the state, had sued the party and its executives over alleged plan to suspend or expel them over their association with Wike.
