Rivers PDP crisis: Woko, others react to court ruling, pledge their support

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Following Monday’s court decision, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit that resulted in Aaron Chukwuemeka’s termination as the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Rivers State chairman have spoken out.

The Rivers State High Court’s ruling, which essentially ousted Chukwuemeka and other state executive officials, was praised by Edwin Woko, Nelson Dike, and two other group members.

The group voted in favour of Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the PDP’s leader in Rivers State and in favour of Acting State Chairman Nname Robinson Ewor, according to a statement released by Woko on their behalf.

The group encouraged their supporters to do the same and vowed to support the Ewor-led PDP.

They said they had faith that Ewor could steer the party to victory in the elections scheduled for 2027.

The court judgement that expelled Chukwuemeka and “his co-travelers” signalled the end of their “political gamble” within the PDP, the statement said, underscoring their resolve to oppose any kind of political injustice in the state.

The Rivers State High Court declared on Monday that the congresses organised by Chukwuemeka and PDP members who supported Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were invalid because they were held against an existing court order that had stopped the proceedings.

Chukwuemeka and other PDP state executive members were also barred by the court from posing as the party’s state executives in the state.

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