The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues unabated as the embattled National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, resumed office on Monday despite opposition from key party stakeholders.
Anyanwu arrived at the PDP National Secretariat around midday and spent over two hours in his office before leaving.
His resumption comes in defiance of the PDP Governors’ Forum, which has recognised Sunday Ude-Okoye as National Secretary following the December 20 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, which affirmed Ude-Okoye’s position.
Before the governors’ intervention, the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) had set up a committee led by Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to study the judgment and report its findings.
Both the governors and the BoT have settled on Ude-Okoye as secretary and are exploring a diplomatic approach to ease out Anyanwu.
A party source said, “The governors are a powerful organ of the party, and I can tell you that, in line with other organs like the BoT and a majority of National Working Committee (NWC) members, they have decided on the way forward.
“All the governors were in Delta State, and none of them opposed the decision. Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, who is an ally of Anyanwu, was also there, but he has yet to make any statement.
“Most NWC members have agreed that the party must move forward, and they are ready to follow the governors’ direction.”
