Court Upholds Anyanwu’s Removal as PDP National Secretary
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected the request of the embattled Peoples Democratic Party National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, to prevent the Independent National Electoral Commission from giving effect to his removal as the party’s national secretary.
Justice Inyang Ekwo directed Anyanwu to notify INEC and other defendants in the suit to allow the court to hear their side of the matter.
Through his counsel, Ken Njemanze (SAN), Anyanwu had filed an ex parte application, urging the court to stop INEC or its agents from receiving or acting upon correspondences or submissions from the PDP unless signed by him.
He also sought an order restraining the acting National Chairman, Amb Umar Damagum, from forwarding any correspondence, documents, or written submissions to INEC without his signature.
After considering Anyanwu’s arguments, Justice Ekwo ruled that while a case of urgency had been established, the court would not grant the requested reliefs through an ex parte application.
He stressed the need to hear from the defendants before making any orders.
Consequently, Justice Ekwo directed Anyanwu to serve court processes on INEC and Damagum and ordered both parties to appear in court on February 24 for the hearing of the case.
