I Remain the National Secretary of PDP, Already Filed Appeal at Supreme Court- Sen Sam Anyanwu
Senator Sam Anyanwu has broken his silence over the disputed seat of the National Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reiterating that he remains the National Secretary of the party.
Speaking in an interview with Dickson Iroegbu while featuring on the media programme, “Nigeria Right Now,” Senator affirmed that he remains the party scribe despite an appellate court ruling that affirmed the a former National Youth Leader of the party, Mr. Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the party’s National Secretary.
The Enugu division of the Appeal Court had in its ruling on December 20, 2024 affirmed and Enugu State High Court judgement that held that Sen. Anyanwu should have resigned his position as the party’s National Secretary after he emerged as the PDP governorship candidate in Imo State.
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However, in his submission, Sen Anyanwu noted that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had ruled that he remained the party’s secretary, haven been elected at a convention of the party, unless he chose to resign the position.
Speaking on the Appeal court judgement that affirmed Ude-Okoye, the PDP National Secretary said that he had already appealed the ruling in the Supreme Court and had also filed for a stay-of-execution of the appellate court judgement.
Anyanwu said:
“As we speak today, I’m still the national secretary of PDP. The reason is that on the 20th of December, there was a court judgment from the appeal court of Enugu affirming the judgment of the state high court of Enugu.
“Before then, I had a federal high court judgment which affirmed my position. If you remember, sometime in 2023 before the election, precisely on the 10th of November 2023, there was a state high court judgment which said I should have resigned before vying for the office of the governor.
“Then I went to the federal high court here in Abuja, which confirmed my position that as long as I was elected by convention, my position is sacrosanct until the 9th of December 2025, when my position will officially end.”