By Attah Ede

The embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Saturday, petitioned the Inspector General of Police(IGP), to draw attention to what he described as an unlawful attempt to remove him from office.
The PDP Governors Forum in their last meeting held in Asaba, Delta State, endorsed the former National Youth Leader, Ude-Okoye, as national secretary of the party after the Court of Appeal ruling.
At the meeting, the forum advise the National Working Committee of the party to go ahead, implement the court decision recognizing Ude-Okoye.
Anyanwu’s resistance to this move has further escalated tensions ahead of the rescheduled National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on March 13, 2025
In a petition dated February 1, 2025, Anyanwu condemned the PDP Governors Forum for advising the National Working Committee (NWC) to implement a Court of Appeal ruling that recognized Sunday Ude-Okoye as the substantive National Secretary.
Anyanwu told the IGP to urgently intervene and prevent further crisis, warning that attempts to implement the governors’ advice would be “an invitation to chaos” and an affront to the judiciary.
He insisted that he remains the validly elected National Secretary of the PDP until the courts rule otherwise and vowed to resist any efforts to remove him.
The embattled national secretary argued that the Governor’s position contradicts a pending appeal at the Supreme Court and an existing court order requiring all parties to maintain the status quo until the case is resolved.
“The Court of Appeal had, on January 13, 2025, ordered both parties to preserve the current structure until the final determination of the case, which the law mandates they uphold.
He accused Ude-Okoye of unlawfully storming the party’s National Secretariat on January 29 with “hired thugs and bandits” to disrupt a Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting, despite not being a member, describing the action as a blatant disregard for the judiciary and the rule of law.
Anyanwu also alleged that Ude-Okoye’s sponsors were under criminal investigation for forging PDP guidelines to mislead the courts and secure fraudulent judgments.
“It is a settled matter in law that when a Judgement is appealed against to a superior court all parties should maintain status quo ante belum till the matter is finally determined. The Governors can not claim ignorance of this position of law before issuing their statement which runs in conflict with the court decision.
“The police is aware that on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 the same Ude Okoye on ill advise of his cohorts invaded the PDP National Secretariat, the venue of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting with hired thugs and bandits to unleash attacks intended to disrupt the meeting for which he is not a member. That action was completely unlawful and in total disregard to the judiciary and the rule of law.
“It is saddening that the Governors in their expected wisdom have allowed themselves to be deceived by the sponsors of Ude Okoye who are already facing criminal investigations by the police against the forged PDP Guidelines which they used to mislead the courts in securing the ill fated judgements.
“Police is therefore being alerted of the grave dangers that will ensue in the attempt of the NWC to implement the quoted advise of the PDP Governors Forum enshrined in paragraph 3 of their communique.
” It will be an invitation to chaos and affront to the judiciary and the rule of law especially when the matter is pending before the superior courts for determination”, Anyanwu stated in the petition.