Following the clash between Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye over the authentic National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), security agencies have taken over the party secretariat.<\/p>\n
The operatives comprised of the soldiers, policemen and\u00a0 men of the National Security and Civil Defense Corps.<\/p>\n
Trouble started when Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye arrived to attend the Board of Trustees, (BoT) meeting.<\/p>\n
An aide to Samuel Anyanwu forcefully ejected Ude-Okoye from the meeting shortly after going into a closed door meeting.<\/p>\n
The development then led to altercation between both camps before the intervention of security operatives.<\/p>\n
The National Secretary position has has been a contentious issue since Anyanwu left to contest the Imo governorship position which he lost.<\/p>\n
In his absence, the South East Caucus of the party endorsed Ude-Okoye to replace him.<\/p>\n
After losing the position, efforts to reclaim his seat as the secretary threw the party into further crisis.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Anyanwu has, however, filed for a Stay of Execution and has approached the Supreme Court to appealed the decision of the lower courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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