Newscenter Media News The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu challenging his removal as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The apex court reserved judgment after taking arguments from Anyanwu’s lawyer, Kingsley Njemanze (SAN) and Paul Erokoro (SAN), who represented Aniagu Emmanuel.
Justice Uwani Aba-Aji, who led the five-man panel of justices that heard the matter, said the date for the judgment would be communicated to all parties.
Anyanwu, who was removed from office following his resignation to contest the 2023 governorship election in Imo State, sued the PDP leadership for blocking him from continuing to remain in office, having lost his gubernatorial ambition.
He urged the court to set aside the judgments of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal in Enugu, which had in their concurrent judgments removed him as PDP National Secretary.
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He insisted that, having lost his gubernatorial adventure, he should be allowed to retain the same office.
However, counsel to Emmanuel Aniagu told the apex court that Anyanwu’s prayer violated the Constitution of the PDP, adding that having resigned as the National Secretary to contest another election, he cannot be allowed to return to the office.
PDP and its acting National Chairman, Amb. Illiya Damagun did not file any process for or against Anyanwu’s suit.
The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) last month affirmed Sunday Ude-Okoye as the party’s National Secretary.
This followed the recommendation of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) headed by Adolphus Wabara.
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