By Bukola Kayode
The Supreme Court on Friday delivered its final verdict on tussle over the office of National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Media reports on the full meaning of the Apex Court ruling have been conflicting with Senator Sam Anyanwu and Udeh Okoye claiming victory.
However, a statement issued by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the party said Okoye’s appointment was upheld by the Supreme Court.
According to PDP, the Supreme Court decision shows that the matter falls exclusively within the party’s internal mechanisms, placing them beyond the jurisdiction of the courts.
Debo said the PDP National Working Committee, NWC, welcomed the ruling, describing it as a victory for democracy and party supremacy.
“Today’s judgment of the Supreme Court reaffirms the standing position of the party.
“It emphatically settles the emergence of Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP, having been duly nominated, endorsed and ratified through the internal mechanism of the PDP statutory organs and bodies,” he said.
This, he said, was in line with provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).
Mr Ologunagba recalled that the NWC had, at its 576th meeting held on 11 October 2023, directed the South-east Zonal Executive Committee to nominate a replacement for Mr Anyanwu upon his nomination then as the party’s governorship candidate in the state.
He said that consequent upon the directive of the NWC, the zonal executive committee, on 20 October 2023, passed a resolution approving the emergence.
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