The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has filed a contempt charge against the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega.
In the charge, Jega was accused of flouting an order of a Federal High Court in Abuja in relation to the outcome of the National Assembly primaries held in the state.
In a motion for committal filed by the party on December 31, 2014, the party accused Jega of disobeying a December 5, 2014 order of the court restraining INEC from accepting “any delegate list or nominated candidates” from the congresses or primaries conducted by the caretaker committee purportedly set up by the party’s national leadership to manage the affairs of the Anambra PDP.
Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had in his December 5, 2014 judgment in suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/854/2014 filed by the chairman and legal secretary of Anambra PDP, Ejike Oguebego and Chuks Okoye, (for themselves and the state’s Executive Committee of the party), affirmed the plaintiffs’ leadership of the party
