S’Court nullifies judgment sacking Senator Anyanwu as PDP national secretary

The judgments of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court sacking Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday were overturned by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Justice Jamilu Tukur-led five-member panel of the apex court held that the issue of who is the National Secretary of the PDP borders on the internal affairs of a political party, which is not justiciable, thereby, striking out the judgment of the trial court delivered in October 2024 and also set aside the majority judgment of the court of appeal which had in December affirmed the sack of Anyanwu as PDP’s National Secretary.

Justice Tukur subsequently affirmed the minority judgment of the appellate court delivered by Justice Ekanem, which had nullified the trial court’s judgment on account of lack of jurisdiction.

Besides, the apex court held that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who initiated the suit at the trial court, lacked the necessary legal backing to do so since he did not show how he was affected by who is the National Secretary of the PDP.

Source: Channels TV