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NOC1:
Can you be holding an executive position in a party and contesting for a Gubernatorial position?

Let his opponents go to court and seek his disqualification

Firstly, the office of the National Secretary Of PDP, other offices and organs of the party are all creations of the PDP constitution and therefore their election, nomination, operations and removal from office can only be guided by the provisions of the constitution of the Party and nothing more.

Notably, section 47 (1) of the PDP constitution clearly states that the tenure of elected officers of the PDP is four years (4), Senator Anyanwu was elected as national Secetary in November 2021 PDP National Convention and so his tenure has not expired.

Secondly, the PDP constitution in section 47(5) provides for resignation of officers of the party but clearly says that if an officer of the party wants to run for public office, his mode of resignation will be as stipulated in the guidelines for that election as made by the national executive committee of the party.
The guidelines for the 2023 elections made by the National Executive Committee of the party, did not provide for resignation of officers of the party as a condition to vie for an elective office, that's why, the current governor of Zamfara state His Excellency, Dauda Lawal Phd ran for the Governorship of Zamfara State while stilll serving as the state chairman of Zamfara state PDP and only resigned after being elected.
Also, the candidate of the PDP in the Delta Central Senatorial election in the 2023 National Assembly elections, Senator Amori Ighoyota, ran same election while still in office as the Deputy National Organising Secretary of the party, this is in line with the Peoples Democratic Party's Constitution, therefore Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has not in any way contravened the Constitution or guidelines of the party or any electoral law in force in Nigeria.

Thirdly, section 47(6) of the PDP constitution provides that if and when a vacancy occurs at any executive committee of the party,that it is the particular executive committee where there is a vacancy that will nominate a replacement. Now the begging questions are, is their a vacancy in the office of the National Secetary Of PDP, offcourse no, also is the south east Zonal Committee the appropriate committee to nominate a replacement for the office of the National Secretary of the PDP, the answer is No. It's the duty of the National Working Committee when vacancy exist.

So what is the fuss all about, unfortunately it seems that some persons are actively working with the rejected and underperforming Hope Uzodinmma to derail the fortunes of our Party in the November 11 elections.
We further state that the comical story of PDP votes being voided by Our Candidates continued stay in office as National Secretary and candidate of our party, is laughable as Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara state who won his election had no such issues with the PDP votes in Zamfara.
So the question is, why all these attacks on Senator Anyanwu and the PDP in Imo State?

athaboi:
What is Executive about holding secretarial position in a political party?? But the same useless country and constitution allows a sitting senator to retain his seat and go contest for governorship election and when he loses, he goes back and continue his legislative functions. Until this constitution is stopped, Nigeria will never make progress

It is the practise everywhere around the world. Senator John McCain contested against Barack Obama when John was a sitting Senator.

Mr Samuel Anyanwu wants to eat his cake and have it. In this life, you can't eat your cake and have it.

Sam Daddy indeed.

juman:
Pdp should rebrand and become a relevant party.
The party need competent national chairman to lead them to success.
Sowore has capacity to guide the party to success as national chairman.

sowore is not a PDP member...

Emeka Ihedioha is the one sponsoring all this attacks on senator anyanwu, he wants to frustrate senator anyanwu to make sure he looses both at the governorship and the national secretary, all EMEKA ihedioha loyalist in pdp has decamped to apc and so on now after seeing that his loyalist decamping didn’t cause any damage to senator anyanwu ambition he has now moved to distract him at national secretary level forgetting that the constitution allows senator anyanwu to be the national secretary and at same time be the governorship candidate and senator anyanwu can only step down as national secretary the day he becomes the executive governor of imo state. This same thing applies to senator adeleke of osun state who contested for governorship as senator representative his zone but only stepped down as senator the day he became the governor of osun state.

athaboi:
Nonsense
Nigeria courts seem to be the biggest problem in this so called democracy. Look at them causing problem up and down with conflicting electoral judgements. Tribunal will say A Appeal court will say B, the same constitution different interpretation. Thieves

Is he supposed to be a national official of the party and, at the same time, the governorship candidate?

Where is it written?

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Igbo with greediness this why the presidential election was lost...they betrayed Wike because of Atiku's money. You contesting for governorship election an still want to hold on to National Secretary position.

You will lose on both side. Greedy man.

Thonyboy:

https://.ng/2023/10/24/court-orders-pdp-to-replace-anyanwu-as-national-secretary/