Supreme Court overturns decision to remove Anyanwu as PDP’s national secretary.

The Supreme Court has overturned the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court decisions that removed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court ruled that the question of who the PDP’s national secretary is intrudes into a political party’s internal affairs, which is unjustifiable.

Justice Jamilu Tukur, who delivered the Supreme Court’s lead decision, subsequently overturned the trial court’s decision from October 2024, as well as the majority decision of the Court of Appeal from December, which affirmed Anyanwu’s dismissal as PDP National Secretary.

Justice Tukur then upheld Justice Ekanem’s minority decision in the appellate court, which had annulled the trial court’s decision due to a lack of jurisdiction.

Furthermore, the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who filed the petition in the trial court, lacked the essential legal backing because he failed to demonstrate how his actions were influenced by the National Secretary of the PDP’s position.