Imo State’s PDP leadership problem has gotten worse when 83 members sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hon. Austin Nwachukwu, the party’s state chairman, and other parties over the state congress’s behavior.
The plaintiffs assert that the August 31, 2024, congress that produced Nwachukwu and other executives was “marred by exclusion and illegality,” claiming that it was against the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act of 2022.
The resentful members, led by Lambert Eze, claimed that the party had illegally excluded from the exercise properly elected representatives from Ideato North and South Local Government Areas.
They are requesting an order to declare the congress void, prevent present officials from posing as executives, and mandate the conduct of a new, democratic congress that is attended by all eligible delegates.
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The PDP national organization and ten other people, including Hon. Chris Ozoemenam and Hon. Dr. Sylvester Durukwuaku, the party’s interim leaders in Ideato North and South LGAs, have also joined the lawsuit.
Their attorney, K.U. Alisigwe of Ononaku Chambers, Owerri, filed the case, which was designated FHC/OW/CS/51/2025.
The plaintiffs branded the congress “illegal, void, and null,” and they urged the court to support their stance and restore “the integrity of internal democracy in Imo PDP.”
