- Following his ejection from the venue of the meeting, Ude-Okoye was said to have called on his supporters to weigh in on the matter and a halt his removal
We may not be hearing the last of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, anytime soon following the outbreak of melee during the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, meeting.
The meeting is currently taking place at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.
However, matters came to a head at the gathering after Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye clashed over the position of National Secretary of the party with both men laying claim the position.
Ude-Okoye was said to have 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.
Following his ejection from the venue of the meeting, Ude-Okoye was said to have called on his supporters to weigh in on the matter and a halt his removal.
The position of the PDP National Secretary has been a controversial 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, sparking 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