The battle for the position of National Secretary in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified between Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Udeh-Okoye. The latest dispute arose after Udeh-Okoye announced the postponement of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting from March 15 to May 15, 2025.
Anyanwu, in a counter move, sent a letter to NEC members and other party stakeholders, disputing Udeh-Okoye’s authority to issue such a notice. He argued that Udeh-Okoye is not the party’s National Secretary and is not part of the National Working Committee (NWC), making him unqualified to sign official documents on behalf of the PDP.
The postponement announcement, bearing Udeh-Okoye’s name and the title of PDP National Secretary, was released to reporters through the party’s official Publicity Directorate.
However, Anyanwu quickly responded with a memo addressed to key PDP figures, including NEC members, the Board of Trustees (BoT), and governors. He stated, “Udeh Okoye is not the National Secretary of our dear Party and was never in any NWC meeting where he was mandated to issue such notice.”
“Our party leaders, NEC members, BOT, Governors Forum and general public are hereby advised to disregard the purported letter as it emanates from a non-official and authoritative source. The said Udeh Okoye is not the National Secretary of our dear party and was never in any NWC meeting where he was mandated to issue such notice.
“Udeh Okoye should be aware that he is under a restraining order of the court of competent jurisdiction to stop parading himself as the National Secretary of POP pending the determination of the appeal lying before the apex court of the nation, the issuance of an official letter of the PDP in the title of the National Secretary amounts to total disobedience to the rule of law and an act contemptuous of the order of the judiciary
“It is obvious from the conduct of Udeh-Okoye that he is an agent set to destroy the party. He is, therefore, warned to refrain from further act that tend to undermine the peace and stability of the party and again impugn the integrity of the judiciary.
“Nothing coming from the said Udeh-Okoye is recognised by law. He is only putting the party to public ridicule.”
