The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday dismissed the case filed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu seeking to perpetuate himself in office as the national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/254/2025 -Sen. Samuel Anyanwu vs. INEC & others, the court dismissed the senator’s claims regarding his right to the office of the national secretary of the party.
Sen. Anyanwu had approached the court seeking an order of injunction stopping his removal from office following a previous Supreme Court judgment that held that his stay in office is an internal affair of the party, and to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting or acting upon any documents or correspondence from the PDP that did not bear his signature.
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Ruling on the matter, Justice M. G. Umar
reaffirmed that the judiciary consistently maintains that matters concerning the internal leadership and administration of a political party are non-justiciable.
“This principle, reinforced by recent Supreme Court precedents, dictates that courts should not interfere in how political parties choose their officers,” the judge held.
The court further noted the existence of multiple parallel litigations over the same subject matter across various levels of the judiciary, including high courts, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court.
It further observed that Sen. Anyanwu was elected as national secretary of the party in 2021 and cannot continue in office after the expiration of the term he was elected.
Sen. Anyanwu was among the high-ranking members of the PDP expelled from the party during the Ibadan national convention in November 2025.
The PDP currently recognizes the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC), which was duly elected during the Ibadan national convention.
