BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Wike’s ally, Anyanwu, as PDP secretary

BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Wike’s ally, Anyanwu, as PDP secretary

 The Supreme Court has declared Samuel Anyanwu, a close political associate of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye had been engaged in an intense rivalry for the role, leading to division among the party stakeholders.

However, Ude-Okoye gained backing from the members of the Board of Trustees (BoT)  of the party and PDP Governors Forum that based their action on the ruling of an Appeal Court sitting in Enugu.

The appellate court had affirmed the removal of Anyanwu by a Federal High Court in Enugu.

However, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the Apex Court said matters bordering on the leadership or membership of a political party is its internal affair and should not be the business of a court.

‎In the lead judgment read by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the Supreme Court said the exceptional circumstances that would have given jurisdiction for the Court to decide on the internal affairs of a political party were missing.

‎These exceptional circumstances as stated by the Court are: if the Nigerian Constitution gives the Court such jurisdiction, when there is the commission of a crime or violation of contractual rights.

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The National Secretary position became a contentious issue after Anyanwu left to contest the Imo governorship eelction which he lost.

After losing the election, efforts to reclaim his seat as the secretary threw the party into crisis.

An Appeal Court sitting in Enugu had on December 20, 2024, upheld an earlier decision of a High Court removing Senator Anyanwu as the PDP National Secretary and affirming Ude-Okoye as the authentic secretary.

Anyanwu, however, filed for a Stay of Execution and Appeal.

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