PDP leadership crisis: Court dismisses Anyanwu’s suit

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh suit filed by a factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, after he applied to withdraw the matter.

At the resumed hearing, Anyanwu’s lawyer, U. C. Njemanze-Aku, told the court that the suit had been overtaken by events.

“We don’t think it is proper for a matter that has been overtaken by events to continue. In the interest of justice, I apply to withdraw this matter to save the court’s time,” he said.

The dispute over the office of the PDP National Secretary began when Anyanwu vacated the office to contest the 2023 Imo State governorship election, which he lost.

His bid to reclaim the position thereafter sparked internal crises within the party, with Sunday Udeh-Okoye emerging as a rival claimant to be the party’s scribe.

On December 20th 2024, the Court of Appeal in Enugu upheld an earlier judgment of the Federal High Court, which removed Anyanwu and affirmed Udeh-Okoye as the authentic National Secretary of the PDP.

Anyanwu subsequently filed for a stay of execution and appealed to the Supreme Court.

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