S/Court Judgment Affirms Udeh-Okoye as National Secretary – PDP
…Commends Apex Court for Reaffirming Party Supremacy
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Friday’s Supreme Court judgement has reaffirmed its position and emphatically settled the emergence of Samuel Udeh Okoye as PDP National Secretary.
A statement by Debo Ologunagba, PDP National Publicity Secretary, said that the apex court has affirmed that issues of party leadership are strictly the internal affairs of political parties, based on their internal mechanisms.
The PDP, therefore, said that the judgment has backed its long standing position that Udeh Okoye was the substantiative National Secretary of the PDP having been duly nominated, endorsed and ratified through the internal mechanism of the statutory organs of the party, as provided in the PDP Constitution.
“For clarity, the NWC at its 576th meeting held on the 11th of October, 2023, directed the South East Zonal Executive Committee to nominate a replacement for Senator Samuel Anyanwu upon Senator Anyanwu’s nomination as the governorship candidate of the PDP to contest the November 2023 Governorship election in Imo State.
“Consequent upon the directive of the NWC, the South East Zonal Executive Committee at its meeting held on the 20th of October 2023 passed a resolution approving the emergence and forwarding of the name of Rt. Hon. SKE Udeh Okoye to the NWC as the National Secretary of the Party.
“Accordingly, the NWC at its 577th meeting held on 7th of November 2023 pursuant to its powers under the PDP Constitution, duly received, deliberated upon, accepted and approved the emergence of Rt. Hon. SKE Udeh Okoye as the National Secretary of the Party, which appointment has also since been endorsed by relevant Organs and bodies of the PDP including the Board of Trustees (BoT), South East Zonal Caucus, the PDP Governors’ Forum and officially communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the general public.”
The PDP commended the Supreme Court for upholding the principle of the supremacy of political parties in the management of their internal affairs.
It is a victory for democracy, the PDP added, and urged all patriotic members to remain united and work together to move the party forward.
