Nigeria: Court Stops PDP From Acting On Akwa Ibom Congress

Abuja — A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday extended the ex parte order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from using the November 1, 2014 delegates' conference for the purpose of conducting a governorship primary election in Akwa Ibom State.

The order will subsist till November 19, 2014 when the motion on notice filed by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the PDP, Umana Okon Umana, will be determined.

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