The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took a new twist on Wednesday as Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye clashed over the position of National Secretary of the party.
Both men laid claim to the position at the ongoing PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, meeting at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.
Ude-Okoye arrived the venue of the meeting before Anyanwu and acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum.
But, when Anyanwu arrived, Ude-Okoye was forced out of the meeting by suspected thugs, a situation that led to an altercation.
This led to Ude-Okoye screaming and urging his supporters to prevent his ejection.
The position of the PDP National Secretary has been a contentious issue since Anyanwu left to contest the Imo governorship position which he lost.
In his absence, the South-East Caucus of the party endorsed Ude-Okoye to replace him.
After losing the Imo governorship election, Anyanwu returned to the party’s national secretariat to reclaim his seat as National Secretary, triggering a fresh crisis in the opposition party.
An Appeal Court sitting in Enugu had on December 20, 2024, upheld an earlier decision of a High Court removing Anyanwu as PDP National Secretary and affirmed Ude-Okoye as the authentic holder of the position.
Anyanwu had accused the party’s former South-East Zonal Vice Chairman, Ali Odefa, of plotting his removal from office.
