PDP Reinstates Samuel Anyanwu As National Secretary
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reinstated Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the party, following its meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday.
Acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagun, announced the reinstatement at a news conference in Abuja.
“Anyanwu is resuming as the national secretary,” Damagum said.
“At the next caucus, we will make a decision leading to a proper NEC. Like INEC said, they don’t have our notice, so we will have an extended caucus meeting on June 30,” Damagun added.
The conference was attended by the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, and the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
The decision to reinstate the national secretary of the party followed Tuesday’s meeting with the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who explained why the commission cannot honour the invitation for the planned NEC meeting
Last December, the court of appeal ruled that Sunday Udeh-Okoye should take Anyanwu’s place as the national secretary of the main opposition party.
In the same period, the South-East leadership of the PDP picked Udeh-Okoye to take over Anyanwu’s place following the latter’s gubernatorial candidacy in Imo State in 2023.
But Anyanwu went to court and got injunctions to stop his removal as the PDP secretary.
However, Udeh-Okoye declared himself as the PDP national secretary. But in January, Anyanwu maintained he was the genuine candidate of the party.
