The battle for the office of national secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) heightened as the two contenders, Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye, clashed at the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at the Wadata Plaza national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. 

Ude-Okoye had moved into the venue of the meeting before the arrival of Anyanwu and acting national chairman of the party, Ambassador Iliya Damagum.

However, following Anyanwu’s arrival, Ude-Okoye was forced out of the BoT meeting by pro-Anyanwu elements.

The PDP National Secretary position has been a contentious issue since Anyanwu left the seat to contest the Imo State governorship position, which he lost.

In his absence, the South-East Caucus of the party endorsed Ude-Okoye to replace him.

After losing the election, efforts to reclaim his seat as the secretary has thrown the party into further crisis.

An Appeal Court sitting in Enugu had on December 20, 2024, upheld an earlier decision of a High Court removing Senator Anyanwu as the PDP National Secretary and affirmed Ude-Okoye as the authentic secretary.

Anyanwu has, however, filed for a Stay of Execution and appeal at the Supreme Court.

Details later….