I Remain PDP’s Only National Secretary, Not Sunday Ude-Okoye – Samuel Anyanwu

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Samuel Anyanwu has come out to say that he is the authentic National Secretary of the party.

He recently had his say while speaking during an interview on YouTube, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he appealed the judgment of the High Court that named Sunday Ude-Okoye National Secretary of the party, and he even filed for a stay of execution at the Supreme Court on the same day the appeal court delivered the verdict in favour of Okoye.

He added that since the appeal court is not the highest court in the land, the status quo should remain.

His words, “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 Enugu State High Court.

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.

Incidentally, the people that (filed) the case continued the matter at the appeal court. On the 20th of December, the court (delivered) a judgment in which N1 million cost was awarded against them.

However, on the same 20th, we appealed the matter and then filed for a stay of execution, which is normal because the appeal court is not the highest court. So, what does that mean? It means that the status quo should remain.

There is no faction in PDP. The PDP is led by the acting national chairman, Umar Damagum.”

WOW.