Supreme Court Returns Anyanwu as PDP National Secretary

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Mr Samuel Anyanwu has been reinstated as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by the Supreme Court.

In a judgement on Friday, the apex court nullified the judgement sacking of the former federal lawmaker from the position.

Mr Anyanwu, who represented Imo East Senatorial District at the National Assembly from 2015 to 2019, had been at loggerheads with Mr Udeh-Okoye over the position of the opposition party’s scribe.

He had been the National Secretary of the PDP since November 2021,but was removed from office on December 20, 2024, by a Court of Appeal.

He challenged this judgement of the appellate court and today, the Supreme Court nullified the decision of the lower court, returning him to the position.

The apex court held that the plaintiff (now 1st defendant) had no jurisdiction to file the suit as the suit was within the internal affairs of a political party, emphasising that, “Jurisdiction is very important, hence the trial court and the court below were wrong to rule on the merits of a matter they had no jurisdiction in the first place.”