SENATOR Samuel Anyanwu, on Monday, resumed office as national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the major opposition party.
His resumption heightens anxiety over the legal tussle over who the party’s national secretary is, a position being claimed by former national youth leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye, based on a court order.
The PDP national secretariat resumed official activities on Monday after its closure for the Yuletide holidays in the last week of December, 2024.
But Anyanwu arrived the party secretariat around 10:56am and headed straight for his office where he was received by his personal staff.
However, Ude-Okoye had two weeks ago declared his assumption of office as new national secretary based on the Appeal Court judgement, which sacked Anyanwu from office.
He had visited the party secretariat and met with some governors and party leaders as well.
His declaration was echoed by the national publicity secretary of PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, last week, who pronounced Ude-Okoye as the party’s secretary based on court judgement.
But, Anyanwu insisted that he had filed a stay of execution application at the Supreme Court over his removal by the appellate court.
Speaking to reporters while seating at his desk, Anyanwu dismissed the statement credited to the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba.
In response, Anyanwu said: “That is his opinion. It’s not the opinion of the party.
“As National Publicity Secretary of the party, I wouldn’t want to disparage him. Maybe he didn’t get the facts correctly. I have appealed.”
