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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja

The Supreme Court, on Monday, struck out a motion the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, filed to stay the execution of the judgement that sacked him from office.

A five-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji struck out the motion after it was withdrawn by Anyanwu’s counsel, Mr. Ken Njamanze, SAN.

Njamanze, SAN, said the motion was withdrawn to pave the way for the hearing of the substantive matter.

Meanwhile, the panel, after hearing from the parties, reserved its judgement on the matter.

While Anyanwu urged the apex court to set aside the judgement of the Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal that removed him from office, on the other hand, Mr. Paul Erokoro, SAN, who appeared for the respondent, prayed the court to uphold the verdict.

The Justice Abba-Aji-led panel said it would communicate the judgement date to the parties.

The appellate court had, in a judgement it delivered last December, upheld a High Court verdict that sacked Senator Anyanwu and recognised Chief Ude Okoye as the authentic national scribe of the party.

In its lead judgement that was delivered by Justice Ridwan Abdullahi, the appellate court dismissed as incompetent and lacking in merit Anyanwu’s bid to upturn the decision of the high court.

The court held that Anyanwu’s continued stay in office as national secretary was in breach of PDP’s constitution, having contested and emerged as the party’s candidate in the governorship election that was held in Imo State last year.





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