A fight has broken out at the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where a meeting of the party’s board of trustees (BoT) is taking place.
The altercation began when Sunday Ude-Okoye, a party
chieftain, was denied access to the meeting.
BACKGROUND
The PDP has been embroiled in a fresh leadership crisis as
both Samuel Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye laying claim to the position of the national
secretary.
In December 2024, the court of appeal ruled that Ude-Okoye
should replace Anyanwu as the PDP national secretary.
The south-east zonal executive committee of the party
nominated Udeh-Okoye to replace Anyanwu after he became the PDP gubernatorial
candidate in Imo state in 2023.
Anyanwu had obtained several court injunctions preventing
his removal from office.
However, in a verdict delivered on December 20, 2024, Ridwan
Abdullahi, the appeal court judge, dismissed the judgment of the high court,
which prevented Anyanwu’s removal, for “lacking in merit”.
Following the judgment, Ude-Okoye has been parading himself
as the national secretary of the party.
But Anyanwu said he appealed the judgment and also filed for
a stay of execution at the supreme court same day the appeal court delivered
the verdict in favour of Ude-Okoye.
‘THE FIGHT’
On Wednesday, Anyanwu was present at the commencement of the
meeting while Ude-Okoye arrived some minutes later, but was prevented from
attending the meeting.
Ude-Okoye attempted to force his way in but was firmly
blocked by Emmanuel Okoronkwo, a party protocol officer and Anyanwu’s aide.
His supporters then scaled the fence into the secretariat
premises, overpowering Okoronkwo and others who had blocked Ude-Okoye from
entering the meeting hall.
Security personnel initially struggled to maintain order at
the party’s secretariat.
Adolphus Wabara, chairman of the BoT, and Umar Damagum, PDP
chairman, are among the party members attending the meeting.
Ude-Okoye is currently outside the BoT meeting hall with his
supporters.
Security has been beefed up at the PDP headquarters, with
police and military vans patrolling the area to maintain order.
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