Breaking: Supreme Court Gives Verdict on Wike's Ally's Position in PDP Leadership
- The Supreme Court has declared that Senator Samuel Anyanwu remained the authentic national secretary of the PDP
- Justice Jamilu Tukur of the Supreme Court who delivered the lead judgment, ruled out the judgment of the Court of Appeal and upheld the verdict of the Federal High Court
- Recall that the appellate court earlier dismissed the judgment of the lower court on the ground that it did not have the locus standing to hear the matter
FCT, Abuja - The Supreme Court has affirmed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the authentic national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), setting aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal that nullified his position.
Recall that the leading opposition party's leadership crisis intensified in 2023 when the South Zone of the PDP nominated Sunday Ude-Okoye to replace Anyanwu. This was because Anyanwu contested for the Imo governorship election.
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What Supreme Court said about PDP secretary
According to ChannelsTV, the five-member panel of the Supreme Court held that the matter concerning the PDP national secretary borders on the political party's internal affairs, which was not justiciable.
Anyanwu is an ally of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the immediate past governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike. The minister has been accused of being the major problem in the opposition party.
Delivering the lead judgement, Justice Jamilu Tukur of the Supreme Court struck out the verdict of the Court of Appeal, which was delivered in October 2024. The apex court then set aside the majority ruling on the appellate court, which affirmed the sacking of Anyanwu PDP national secretary.
PDP national secretary tussle: Supreme Court speaks
The court subsequently affirmed the minority judgment of the Court of Appeal which was delivered by Justice Ekanem, which earlier nullified the decision of the Federal High Court in the account of lack of jurisdiction.
Besides, the Supreme Court held that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who was the initiator of the suit, did not have the legal backing to challenge the matter in court, adding that he did not tell the court how the matter affected him and the PDP national secretary.
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Anyanwu, Ude-Okoye fight over PDP national secretary
Legit.ng recalled that there was a clash between Sunday Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu over the position of the party's authentic national secretary at the PDP national secretariat on Wednesday, January 29.
Security operatives including the soldiers, policemen, and members of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were deployed to the leading opposition party secretariat during the physical clash between Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye.
It was learnt that Ude-Okoye was forcefully ejected from the party's national secretariat during a meeting by an aide to Samuel Anyanwu, shortly after going into the closed-door meeting. The action then led to an altercation between the camps of the two factions before the security operatives intervened.
Anyanwu claims he's PDP national secretary
Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP has found itself in another fresh internal crisis as leaders from the southeast are laying claim to the position of the national secretary.
Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye are both laying the claims following different court judgments on the position.
However, Anyanwu has maintained that he remained the authentic holder of the position citing a federal high court judgment.
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