The leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again protested against the judgement of the Supreme Court which sacked Emeka Ihedioha, as the governor of Imo state.
The PDP leaders on Friday, January 31, staged the protest at the embassies of United States, United Kingdom, and the European Union in the judgement of the apex court.
The Herald gathered that it was led by the party’s national chairman, Uche Secondus, the PDP chieftains stormed the US and UK embassies in renewed protest in Abuja.
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Starting from the party’s national secretariat, they walked through some streets of the nation’s capital to the embassies where they submitted their petitions.
The protesters, include members of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), Board of Trustees (BoT), and National Assembly, among others.
Earlier, The Herald reported that leaders and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party protested against Supreme Court judgement removing Emeka Ihedioha as Imo state governor.
Recall that the PDP’s national chairman, Uche Secondus, on Friday, during the party’s emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting said the aim of the protest was to impress it on Nigerians that injustice has been done to the party.
Some of the PDP leaders at the protest include the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus; the 2019 Vice-President candidate, Peter Obi; and the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.
It was reported that National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party rejected the verdict of the Supreme Court on the Imo gubernatorial election.
PDP also described the Supreme Court under Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammed as “heavily compromised” and lacking in “credibility”.
This was the outcome of the emergency meeting called by the PDP NWC to deliberate on the apex court’s judgement sacking the party’s candidate in the March 9, 2019 election, Emeka Ihedioha, and declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Sen. Hope Uzodinma the winner of the election.