The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has affirmed a former National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye, as the party’s National Secretary.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The opposition party has been embroiled in a leadership crisis with Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu laying claim to the position.
The PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) had last week asked the NWC to recognise Ude-Okoye as the party’s national secretary.
The development angered Anyanwu who warned the BoT that such a move would lead to chaos in the party.
However, Ologunagba said the NWC’s decision was in line with the Court of Appeal ruling which declared Ude-Okoye as the party’s authentic national secretary.
The spokesman added that NWC has started sending its resolution affirming Udeh-Okoye as the PDP National Secretary to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other relevant bodies in accordance with the appellate court’s judgement.
The statement read: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its meeting today, Wednesday, February 12, 2025, extensively considered the memo dated 11th February, 2025 presented by the Acting National Chairman on the issue of the National Secretary of the PDP.
“The NWC, in considering the memo thoroughly examined the attached documents namely; the declaratory judgment of the High Court of Enugu, the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division which pronounced and declared Rt. Hon. S.K.E Udeh Okoye as the National Secretary of the PDP; the legal opinion and advice by Dr. Kabiru T. Turaki SAN as well as that of the National Legal Adviser of the PDP.
“After due consideration of the memo and the attachments, the NWC overwhelmingly recognises, acknowledges, and confirms Rt. Hon. S.K.E Udeh Okoye as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP in full compliance with and obedience to the judgment of the Court of Appeal, recognising that there is no subsisting or superseding judgment or order from any court of superior authority or hierarchy.
“The NWC has commenced the transmission of its resolution/decision affirming Rt. Hon. S.K.E Udeh Okoye as the PDP National Secretary to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other relevant bodies for recognition in line with the judgment of the Court of Appeal.”