PDP National Scribe Tussle: Group Backs Udeh-Okoye; Says Party’s Decision Conforms With Supreme Court’s Ruling

As the brickbats rage on over the PDP National Secretary position a group Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party, CP-PDP, has thrown its weight behind the recent Supreme Court judgment over the matter.

The magazine reported that the two protagonists in the contest Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye had following last week’s apex court judgment on the issue, took different positions on who was favoured by the ruling.

Meanwhile, it was general held by political pundits that the judgment favoured the erstwhile PDP governorship candidate in Imo state,  Anyanwu who after the ruling stormed the Wadata House National Headquarters of the party in Abuja, the nation’s capital with his teeming supporters to consolidate his position.

The CP-PDP however said in a statement that it’s in support of the party’s position which affirmed Ude-Okoye as the party’s National scribe, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling which upheld the political party’s supremacy in selecting its officials, membership and nomination of candidates for election among others.

The group’s statement issued on Sunday by the Protem National Coordinator CP-PDP, Barr. Obinna Nwachukwu, said the apex court had by the ruling affirmed political party’s powers to determine their operations and structures in line with their Guidelines, saying the decision will further strengthen the nation’s democracy.

“Against this backdrop, the Conference stands with the stated position of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP in recognizing Rt. Hon. SKE Udeh-Okoye as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP, Okoye having emerged through the internal democratic processes in line with provisions of the PDP Constitution,” the group said.

Adding that, “The Conference urges Rt. Hon. Udeh-Okoye to brace up and join hands with other members of the NWC to further stabilize the PDP by instilling discipline, reconciliations, unity of purpose and strengthening our party’s structure across the country for the task ahead.