The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is far from being over as the Supreme Court reinstated Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the party.
The Supreme Court nullified the judgements of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court sacking Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
A five-member panel of the apex court held that the issue of who is the National Secretary of the PDP borders on the internal affairs of a political party which is not justiciable.
Justice Jamilu Tukur, who delivered the lead judgment of the Supreme Court, consequently struck out the judgement of the trial court delivered in October 2024 and also set aside the majority judgement of the court of appeal which had in December affirmed the sack of Anyanwu as PDP’s National Secretary.
Justice Tukur subsequently affirmed the minority judgement of the appellate court delivered by Justice Ekanem which had nullified the judgement of the trial court on account of lack of jurisdiction.
Besides, the apex court held that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who initiated the suit at the trial court lacked the necessary legal backing to do so since he did not show how he was affected by who is the National Secretary of the PDP.
