By Kingsley Omonobi & Luminous JannamikeABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reaffirmed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as its substantive National Secretary, thereby ending weeks of internal wrangling and speculation over the position.The decision was reached during the party’s 100th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting heldat the party’s national secretariat in Abuja yesterday.Briefing journalists after the session, PDP’s Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, said the meeting had a single agenda: to review the outcome of the party’s recent engagement with Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the matter.
“As you can see, we just rose from our 100th NEC meeting. This meeting was a one-agenda meeting, which is to discuss the outcome of our interaction with INEC as regards the National Secretary,” Damagum said.He confirmed that NEC unanimously resolved that Senator Anyanwu should continue in his role as National Secretary.
He also announced that the party’s much-anticipated national convention had been deferred to the next NEC meeting, now scheduled for July 23, 2025.Damagum assured members that the rescheduled convention will strictly adhere to INEC regulations, with official notices to be jointly signed by him and Senator Anyanwu.“We all combined in one effort.
We were all together, and we all agreed that Senator Anyanwu will continue to act as national secretary,” he stated.Addressing concerns that the meeting might .