BREAKING: Tension as Fight Breaks Out at PDP BoT Meeting, Video Surfaces

• Pandemonium broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headquarters in Abuja during the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting
• The chaos was caused by two PDP chieftains - Sunday Ude-Okoye and Senator Samuel Anyanwu, vying for the position of PDP National Secretary
• It was gathered that security personnel struggled to make the fighting PDP members maintain order at the party’s secretariat

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FCT, Abuja - A fight has broken out at the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja during the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting.

Pandemonium began when a party chieftain, Sunday Ude-Okoye, was denied access to the PDP BoT meeting.

As reported by TheCable, Samuel Anyanwu, and Ude-Okoye, both vying for the position of PDP National Secretary, clashed at the start of the meeting.

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It was gathered that Ude-Okoye arrived at he meeting some minutes after Anyanwu and was prevented from attending the meeting.

Ude-Okoye attempted to force his way in but was firmly blocked by Emmanuel Okoronkwo, a party protocol officer and Anyanwu’s aide.

It turned into chaos after Ude-Okoye's supporters scaled the fence into PDP secretariat premises, overpowering Okoronkwo and others who had blocked the former National Youth Leader from entering the meeting hall.

Security personnel initially struggled to maintain order at the party’s secretariat. Ude-Okoye is currently outside the BoT meeting hall with his supporters.

Genesis of Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye's clash

According to Vanguard, the PDP Southeast zonal executive committee had nominated Udeh-Okoye to replace Anyanwu after he became the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Imo state in 2023.

On December 20, 2024, the Appeal Court sitting in Enugu upheld the removal of Anyanwu as the PDP National Secretary and affirmed Ude-Okoye as the legitimate officeholder.

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However, the Court of Appeal in Abuja issued a restraining order, directing Anyanwu to remain as the PDP National Secretary until the Supreme Court resolves the ongoing appeal.

How PDP’s crisis started, Dele Momodu explains

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a former PDP presidential aspirant in the 2023 election, Dele Momodu, narrated how the crisis rocking the party started.

Momodu said the PDP presidential primaries of 2022 which former Atiku Abubakar won was the genesis of the crisis.

He said after the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, lost to Atiku, he has been empowering his friends and encouraging them to keep PDP under the water.

Source: Legit.ng