The Supreme Court has declared Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the legitimate National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Naijaonpoint reports that the apex court, in its landmark ruling on Friday, also set aside the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal in Enugu, which had gone against Anyanwu in his quest to remain the PDP scribe.
The Supreme Court agreed with Anyanwu’s argument through his lawyers that both the Court of Appeal and the trial court in Enugu lacked the authority to hear the case, as it involved the internal affairs of the PDP.
Recall the Supreme Court had, two weeks ago, reserved judgement in the suit by Anyanwu seeking to overturn the decision of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, which upheld an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court that removed him from office and recognized Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the rightful PDP National Secretary.
The lower courts held that Anyanwu had effectively resigned as the PDP Secretary when he contested the 2024 Imo State governorship election as the party’s candidate.
However, Anyanwu argued that the PDP constitution guarantees a four-year term for party officers and that the court wrongly applied Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, which requires resignation before contesting an election.
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