PDP south east stakeholders pass vote of confidence on Anyanwu

Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has received a vote of confidence from South East stakeholders.

Speaking to them at the PDP National Secretariat, Anyanwu maintained with confidence that no one could remove him from office until another national convention in December because he was elected during a PDP national convention over three years ago.

PDP Deputy National Legal Adviser Okechukwu Osuoha emphasised that while the majority of PDP leaders in the zone support Anyanwu, some notable chieftains, such as Sen. Adolphus Wabara, the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, and Peter Mbah, the zone's sole PDP governor, were not present at the event, which reaffirmed South East stakeholders' support for Anyanwu.

However, Anyanwu stressed that there won't be any room for the likes of PDP bigwigs like High Chief Ali Odefa and Hon Sunday Udeh-Okoye and the interests they represent within the PDP, all his supporters who spoke spiritedly dismissed the purported PDP Zonal Executive Committee (ZEC) meeting which took place at Government House, Enugu on January 24, 2025.

“By Article 27(3) of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party the Zonal Executive Committee can only be summoned at the instance of the National Vice Chairman; in consideration of the fact that there is no National Vice Chairman in office the Zonal Executive Committee Meeting of the South East fixed for the 24th January, 2025 cannot be a lawful meeting of the organ of the party.
"The Zonal Working Committee (ZWC) members from Abia, Imo, and Anambra States, as well as a few statutory members of the Zonal Working Committee, disregarded the notice of the meeting and subsequently boycotted it due to the anticipated legal opinion," they said.

Additionally, they claimed that the expulsion and disciplinary actions taken against High Chief Ali Idefa by his Oguduokwor Ward in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi due to numerous violations of the PDP constitution still stand, despite the views of a portion of the PDP National Working Committee.