 High Court in Makhudi, the Benoist state capital, has restrained and battled national chairman of the People's Democratic Party, Iotayu, from parading himself as chairman of the party, pending the determination of the substantive suit which has been adjourned to April 17 for hearing. Addressing journalists in Makhudi after obtaining the court order, the plaintiff said following the suspension of Iotayu by his Higirov ward ex-co, it would be wrong for him to keep up with the duties of the office of the PDP's national chairman. However, a statement by Iotayu's media aide, Simon Emodo Swam, argued that the ward lacked the powers to suspend him. Meanwhile, a member of the PDP from Benwe, Tehidi Utan, who is the plaintiff for Justice W. Hochi, obtained the order restraining Iotayu. It was naturally expected, like it's done in senior climes for the former national chairman, Senator Iotayu, to have stepped aside, honorably, because he wasn't able to lead the party to victory and allow the party to move on without him. Unfortunately, he has refused to show display that kind of honor, so I thought it wise to approach the court to see how to agree with the position of his ward, who only 24 hours ago had suspended him from the party. Our expectation is that you cannot be the national chairman of a party that you're not a member of. Unfortunately, or should I say, for us as a party, Iotayu is no longer a member of the people's democratic party as declared by his ward, and under normal circumstances, he has no reason whatsoever to continue as national chairman of our party.