The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has firmly denied claims that the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, scheduled for Monday, 30 June 2025, has been postponed.
In a statement jointly signed by several senior NWC members on Wednesday, the committee also dismissed reports suggesting that Senator Samuel Anyanwu has been reinstated as the party’s National Secretary.
The rebuttal follows a press conference held earlier in the day by the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, in which he had announced the postponement of the NEC meeting and directed Anyanwu to resume his duties as National Secretary.
However, the NWC has categorically rejected Damagum’s pronouncements, stating they run counter to the decisions made at the party’s 99th NEC meeting, which had formally scheduled the 100th session for 30 June and referred all matters relating to the office of the National Secretary to that meeting.
“The pronouncements by the Acting National Chairman have no foundation, as no organ of the Party (including the NWC), individual or group has the power to cancel, overrule, veto or vary the resolution of the National Executive Committee (NEC),” the statement read.
Citing Section 31 (3) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017), the NWC reaffirmed that the NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the party after the National Convention and that its resolutions are binding on all members and party structures.
The committee described Damagum’s announcement regarding Senator Anyanwu’s return as “misleading” and insisted the issue remains within the remit of the upcoming NEC meeting.
The statement was signed by key members of the NWC including Deputy National Chairman (South), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja; Acting National Secretary, Setonji Koshoedo; National Treasurer, Ahmed Yayari Mohammed; National Auditor, Okechukwu Obiechina Daniel; and National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, among others.
This latest development highlights the growing tension within the PDP leadership, as internal factions debate the party’s direction ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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