By Ken Chiwendu
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declared Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the authentic National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The court also restrained the national leadership of the PDP from appointing any person as acting national secretary when Anyanwu’s four-year tenure in line with the party’s constitution runs until Dec. 9, 2025.
The judge also declared that any meeting held or resolution reached by the party to prematurely remove or prevent Anyanwu from exercising the powers of his office, would be in violation of Article 47 (1) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017), hence, becomes null and void and of no effect.
He also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “from recognising any purported appointment of any person as national secretary of the party whether in acting capacity or otherwise other than Anyanwu, the duly elected national secretary of the PDP.
On Nov. 23, 2023, the court stopped the PDP from removing Anyanwu as national secretary pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter
The National Working Committee ( NWC)of the PDP had on November 14 2023 just few days after the Imo gubernatorial election in which Anyanwu was flagbearer, to step aside as National Secretary.
