PDP scribe: Supreme Court snubs Anyanwu ‘ s motion for stay of execution, schedules appeal for March 10  

The Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned till March 10, for hearing in the appeal filed by the national secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu.

A five-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa fixed the date while delivering ruling in the motion for accelerated hearing brought by Anyanwu.

Earlier, the Court of Appeal, sitting in Enugu, had last December upheld a High Court decision that sacked Anyanwu as the national secretary of the PDP.

The appellate court subsequently upheld Chief Ude Okoye as the substantive national secretary of the main opposition party.

In the lead judgment, which was delivered by Justice Ridwan Abdullahi, the court held that Anyanwu‘s appeal was incompetent and lacking in merit.

According to the appellate court, the appellant violated the PDP’s constitution by laying claim to the national secretary position, having contested and emerged as PDP candidate in the 2024 governorship election in Imo state.