BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Samuel Anyanwu As PDP National Secretary
The Supreme Court has overturned the decisions made by both the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court, which had removed Senator Samuel Anyanwu from his position as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
On Friday, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court determined that the question of who serves as the National Secretary of the PDP pertains to the internal matters of a political party and is therefore not subject to judicial review.
Justice Jamilu Tukur, who authored the principal judgment, annulled the ruling of the trial court issued in October of the previous year and also invalidated the majority ruling of the Court of Appeal, which had upheld Anyanwu’s dismissal as National Secretary in December.
Justice Tukur further endorsed the minority opinion from the appellate court, delivered by Justice Ekanem, which had declared the trial court’s judgment void due to a lack of jurisdiction.
Additionally, the Supreme Court concluded that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who brought the case before the trial court, did not possess the requisite legal standing, as he failed to demonstrate how he was impacted by the identity of the National Secretary of the PDP.
