Concerns over unresolved challenges and disagreements within the PDP's National Working Committee (NWC) led the Board of Trustees (BoT) to establish a panel to address the ongoing dispute over the position of national secretary. The panel will be led by barrister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, and tasked with interfacing with both claimants, Sunday Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu, studying the situation, and reporting back to the BoT for further action.
The BoT announced the constitution of the panel in a communique issued at the end of its meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday.The panel is expected to interface between Sunday Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu , both chieftains of the PDP , who are laying claims to the position of the party’s secretary seat.
In December 2024, the court of appeal ruled that Ude-Okoye should replace Anyanwu as the PDP national secretary. The south-east zonal executive committee of the party nominated Udeh-Okoye to replace Anyanwu after he became the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Imo state in 2023.However, in a verdict delivered on December 20, 2024, Ridwan Abdullahi, the appeal court judge, dismissed the judgment of the high court, which prevented Anyanwu’s removal, for “lacking in merit”.
“The BoT calls on the members of the NWC, all organs, leaders, and critical stakeholders of our party across the board to rise above personal, group, or sectional interests and place the stability, unity, sustenance, and progress of our party and its ideals above all other considerations,” Wabara said.
“In the effort to resolve the current crisis over the position of the national secretary of the party, which is presently before the courts, the BoT set up a committee led by barrister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to interface with the parties, study the situation, and report to the Board for further action.”Earlier on Wednesday, a fight broke out at the national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja when Ude-Okoye was not“Some people wanted to attack me, and I decided to move out in defence of myself.
PDP Crisis National Secretary Bot Panel Ude-Okoye Anyanwu
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
PDP Names Ortom to Represent Benue on Party’s BoTA Trusted Nigerian Newspaper
Read more »
PDP crisis deepens as BoT meeting turns chaotic over secretary positionSupporters of the two claimants to the PDP national secretary position clashed at the party’s national secretariat, where the BoT was meeting.
Read more »
National assembly sets N2.5trn revenue target for FIRS in 2025The national assembly joint committee on finance has set N25 trillion as target revenue for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in the 2025 fiscal year.
Read more »
PDP Confirms Ude-Okoye as National SecretaryThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially recognized Sunday Ude-Okoye as its legitimate National Secretary, following a Court of Appeal ruling.
Read more »
PDP National Secretary Crisis: Anyanwu Insists He's Still Authentic HolderSamuel Anyanwu, the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), maintains his position as the legitimate holder of the office despite a Court of Appeal ruling in favor of Sunday Ude-Okoye. Anyanwu asserts he has appealed the verdict and filed for a stay of execution at the Supreme Court.
Read more »
PDP Crisis: Anyanwu Insists He's Authentic National SecretarySamuel Anyanwu, the embattled national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), maintains his stance as the legitimate holder of the office despite a Court of Appeal ruling in favor of Sunday Ude-Okoye. Anyanwu claims he filed an appeal and a stay of execution at the Supreme Court on the same day the Court of Appeal judgment was delivered.
Read more »