PDP Crisis: Udeh-Okoye In, Anyanwu Out As National Secretary – BoT Resolves

…Directs NWC to swear Udeh-Okoye in immediately

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 rose from an emergency meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja, and adopted accorded recognition to Hon Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the substantive National Secretary of the Party.

The PDP BoT said its resolve in according Hon Udeh-Okoye recognition was in full obedience to the declaratory Judgment of the High Court of Enugu which was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Accordingly, the BoT directed the National Working Committee (NWC) to recognize and immediately swear in Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the National Secretary of the PDP in obedience to the Judgment of the Court of Appeal.

It also urged all party organs, critical stakeholders, leaders and members across the country as well as all democracy development partners and institutions to be guided by the judgment of the Court of Appeal with regard to the position of the National Secretary of the PDP.

These were contained in a communique issued at the end of the meeting and presented by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, which noted that there was no contrary or overriding judgment from any Court of superior jurisdiction.

The communique said that the BoT thoroughly considered critical issues in the Party and asserted its position as a prominent ORGAN of the PDP as enshrined under Section 13 (1)(r) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) and also asserted its inherent authority under Section 32 (5)(a) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) which empowers it to “ensure highest standards of morality in all the activities of the Party by acting as the conscience of the Party, with powers to call to order any officer of the Party, whose conduct falls below the norms.

The BoT said that its resolved to adopt and accord recognition to Hon Udey-Okoye followed the exercise of its constitutional powers which received, and exhaustively considered the report of its committee led by Mr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN on the issue of the National Secretary of the PDP especially with regard to the declarative judgment of the High Court of Enugu as upheld by the Court of Appeal.

The Board commended the PDP Governors’ Forum, the National Working Committee, South East Executive Committee and all other organs of the Party for their steadfastness in upholding the provisions of the Constitution and operational Guidelines of the PDP.

It expressed satisfaction with the PDP Governors’ Forum and the National Working Committee (NWC) for their concerted efforts in finally setting Thursday, March 13th, 2025 as the date for the much-anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Party especially bearing in mind that the NEC meeting is the platform for critical deliberations that will shape the future of the party and by extension, the future of Nigeria.

Members of the BoT unanimously passed a Vote of Confidence on its Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Senator Ahmed Makarfi for their outstanding leadership in piloting the affairs of the Board and stabilizing the Party

The BoT urged all members of the PDP to remain united and continue to work together to strengthen the party to reclaim its rightful place in the leadership of our country.