The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court in Abuja, which had sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
A five-member panel of the apex court held that the issue of who serves as the National Secretary of the PDP pertains to the internal affairs of a political party, which is not justiciable.
Justice Jamilu Tukur, who delivered the lead judgment of the Supreme Court, consequently struck out the trial court’s judgment delivered in October 2024 and set aside the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal, which had, in December last year, affirmed Anyanwu’s removal 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 the grounds of lack of jurisdiction.
Furthermore, the apex court held that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, who filed the suit at the trial court, lacked the necessary legal standing to do so, as he failed to demonstrate how he was affected by the appointment of the PDP’s National Secretary.
…More to come.