Drama occurred on Wednesday, 29 January, 2025 t the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja as fight broke out during the meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT.
The altercation began when Sunday Ude-Okoye, a party chieftain, was ejected from the meeting.
Samuel Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye are fighting over for the position of National Secretary of the party.
Ude-Okoye had arrived the venue of the meeting before Anyanwu and acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum.
But, when Anyanwu arrived, Ude-Okoye was forced out of the meeting by suspected thugs, a situation that led to an altercation. This led to Ude-Okoye screaming and urging his supporters to prevent his ejection.
Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye are at logger heads over the position of National Secretary of the party.
The position of the PDP National Secretary has been a contentious issue since Anyanwu left to contest the Imo governorship position which he lost.
In his absence, the South-East Caucus of the party endorsed Ude-Okoye to replace him.
After losing the Imo governorship election, Anyanwu returned to the party’s national secretariat to reclaim his seat as National Secretary, triggering a fresh crisis in the opposition party.
An Appeal Court sitting in Enugu had on 20 December, 2024, 2024, upheld an earlier decision of a High Court removing Anyanwu as PDP National Secretary and affirming Ude-Okoye as the authentic holder of the position.
