The chilly conflict over the rightful occupant of the workplace of the nationwide secretary of the Folks’s Democratic Occasion (PDP) took a brand new flip Wednesday, with the occasion’s Board of Trustees (BoT), adopting the report of the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led committee, which recognised Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye because the substantive nationwide secretary of the occasion.
The choice was contained in a communiqué issued on the finish of its assembly held in Abuja.
The BoT chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, whereas studying the communiqué, said that the transfer was in full obedience to the declaratory Judgment of the Excessive Courtroom of Enugu as additionally upheld by the Courtroom of Attraction.
He famous that there was “no opposite or overriding judgment from any Courtroom of superior jurisdiction.”
Wabara mentioned: “The Board of Trustees of the PDP at its emergency assembly right now, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, totally thought-about crucial points within the Occasion and resolved as follows:
“The Board of Trustees asserts its place as a outstanding organ of the PDP as enshrined below Part 13 (1)(r) of the Structure of the PDP (as amended in 2017).
“The BoT additionally asserts its inherent authority below Part 32 (5)(a) of the Structure of the PDP (as amended in 2017) which empowers it to “guarantee highest requirements of morality in all of the actions of the Occasion by performing because the conscience of the Occasion, with powers to name to order any officer of the Occasion, whose conduct falls beneath the norms;”
“The BoT in train of its constitutional powers obtained, exhaustively thought-about, and hereby undertake the report of its committee led by Barr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki SAN on the difficulty of the Nationwide Secretary of the PDP, particularly with regard to the declarative judgment of the Excessive Courtroom of Enugu as upheld by the Courtroom of Attraction.
“Consequently, the BoT by adopting the report acknowledges Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye because the substantive Nationwide Secretary of the PDP in full obedience to the declaratory Judgment of the Excessive Courtroom of Enugu as additionally upheld by the Courtroom of Attraction there being no opposite or overriding judgment from any Courtroom of superior jurisdiction.
“The BoT expenses the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) to acknowledge and instantly swear in Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye because the Nationwide Secretary of the PDP in obedience to the Judgment of the Courtroom of Attraction.”
“The BoT urges all occasion organs, crucial stakeholders, leaders and members throughout the nation in addition to all democracy improvement companions and establishments to be guided by the judgment of the Courtroom of Attraction with regard to the place of the Nationwide Secretary of the PDP.
“The BoT commends the PDP Governors’ Discussion board, the Nationwide Working Committee, South East Govt Committee and all different organs of the Occasion for his or her steadfastness in upholding the provisions of the Structure and operational Tips of the PDP.
“The BoT expresses satisfaction with the PDP Governors’ Discussion board and the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) for his or her concerted efforts in lastly setting Thursday, March thirteenth, 2025 because the date for the much-anticipated Nationwide Govt Committee (NEC) assembly of our Occasion particularly taking into consideration that the NEC assembly is the platform for crucial deliberations that can form the way forward for our occasion and by extension, the way forward for Nigeria.
“The BoT unanimously handed a Vote of Confidence on the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Senator Ahmed Makarfi for his or her excellent management in piloting the affairs of the BoT and stabilizing the Occasion.
“The BoT urges all members of the Occasion to stay united and proceed to work collectively to strengthen our occasion to reclaim its rightful place within the management of our nation,” the communiqué added.
Earlier, Senator Wabara had mentioned the March 13 date fastened for the occasion’s Nationwide Govt Council (NEC) assembly could be a defining second, the place members resilience, loyalty and dedication could be examined.
He thanked the governors for his or her effort at guaranteeing some stage of stability inside the occasion, saying “Nigerians are eagerly awaiting the end result of the assembly.”
He said additional: “NEC could be a second for crucial deliberations on urgent points inside our occasion and our resolve to supply a renewed imaginative and prescient for our nation.
“Regardless of challenges, our occasion nonetheless stays folks’s alternative able to restoring hope and prosperity to Nigeria. Whereas we glance forward with optimism, we should have a look at what transpired on the final BoT assembly.
“Ordinarily, our secretariat must be a secured place for occasion affairs, however for now, we can’t compromise our safety, and till the safety scenario improves, our assembly shall be held outdoors the secretariat.”
However in a phone dialog, the embattled nationwide secretary, Senator Anyanwu, cautioned the BoT, including: “The matter continues to be in courtroom, they need to wait.”