As the presidential election draws closer, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja has extended the order stopping the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party from suspending or expelling Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers from the party.
This followed an agreement between the counsel to the governor, Joshua Musa (SAN) and lawyer to the PDP and others, Johnson Usman, (SAN) that the case should be argued on March 6.
There had been speculations the party may have planned to place sanctions on Wike and his G5 colleagues for anti-party activities, given their refusal to have anything to do with the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, or join his campaign train.
Earlier this month, Justice Omotosho had given a restraining order to the party and others identified in Wike’s motion dated February 2 2020.
The governor was seeking an order directing all parties to maintain status quo and staying all actions in the matter relating to the threat to expel him by the 1st to 5th respondents pending the determination of the originating motion.