BREAKING: Supreme Court declares Anyanwu authentic PDP National Secretary

TheNigerian — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:09:43 +0000

The Supreme Court has nullified the judgements of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court, which sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

DAILY POST gathered that a five-member panel of the apex court on Friday held that the issue of who is the National Secretary of the PDP borders on the internal affairs of a political party, which is not justiciable.

Justice Jamilu Tukur, who delivered the lead judgment of the Supreme Court, consequently struck out the judgment of the trial court delivered in October last year and also set aside the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal, which had in December affirmed the sack of Anyanwu as PDP’s National Secretary.

Justice Tukur subsequently affirmed the minority judgment of the appellate court delivered by Justice Ekanem, which had nullified the judgment of the trial court on account of lack of jurisdiction.

Besides, the apex court held that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who initiated the suit at the trial court, lacked the necessary legal backing to do so, since he did not show how he was affected by who is the National Secretary of the PDP.

Details later.

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Samuel Anyanwu removed as PDP affirms Ude-Okoye authentic National Secretary

TheNigerian — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:45:38 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has affirmed Sunday Ude-Okoye as the party’s authentic National Secretary of the party.

Disclosing this on Tuesday, PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, said the party affirmed Ude-Okoye in compliance with a Court of Appeal order.

Addressing journalists at PDP’s National Secretariat in Abuja, Ologunagba said the party was in receipt of the Court’s ruling affirming Ude-Okoye as the National Secretary.

According to Ologunagba, PDP inten-ds to carry out the dictates of the court fully.

He said: “I’m sure you know the background to all the cases where we have two cases, two orders and then there was the court of appeal.

“And on 24th of December, 2024, after consultation with the legal adviser, the office of the legal adviser, it was confirmed that we have received the judgment of the two appeals affirming Rt.Hon S.K.E Ude-Okoye as the national secretary of the party.

“As a party, we are rule-of-law compliant, we have received the judgement of the court of appeal that has affirmed Rt. Hon S.K.E Ude-Okoye as the national secretary of PDP and we as a party are bound by that judgement because it is the highest judgement today.

“And we will take appropriate action as required of a responsible political party to ensure that the position of the law is complied with.”

The declaration effectively lays to rest the claims by Senator Samuel Anyanwu to the National Secretary seat of the PDP.

Ude-Okoye had recently declared himself as the PDP National Secretary, citing a recent Court of Appeal judgment.

The development follows the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, which affirmed the nomination of the former PDP National Youth Leader as a replacement for Anyanwu.

The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, on December 20, 2024, upheld the judgment of an Enugu High Court that affirmed Udo-Okoye as Anyanwu’s replacement.

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BREAKING: Supreme Court declares Anyanwu authentic PDP National Secretary

Samuel Anyanwu removed as PDP affirms Ude-Okoye authentic National Secretary