…His sack a declaratory judgement, can’t be stayed – Ologunagba
Senator Samuel Anyanwu on Monday resumed workplace as Nationwide Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regardless of his sack final December by the Courtroom of Appeal Division in Enugu.
The court docket within the judgement delivered on December 20, 2024, by Justice R. M. Abdullahi declared Anyanwu’s attraction in opposition to the December 2023 Excessive Courtroom judgement that had earlier sacked him as “unmeritorious.”
The decide reaffirmed the decrease court docket’s determination that former PDP Nationwide Youth Chief Sunday Ude-Okoye, who was nominated by the South East stakeholders to serve out Anyanwu’s tenure, ought to succeed him as Nationwide Secretary.
On January 6, 2025, Anyanwu was issued a contempt of court docket order, Kind 48, which warned that “except you obey the instructions contained on this order, you can be responsible of contempt of court docket and will likely be liable to be dedicated to jail.”
However Anyanwu who arrived PDP nationwide secretariat at about 11 am, took over the Nationwide Secretary’s workplace on the 4th flooring of the constructing.
He advised journalists that he has appealed in opposition to the Courtroom of Appeal judgement, in addition to keep of execution, to the Supreme Courtroom.
“Clearly what it means is that the place will stay as it’s till it’s decided by the Supreme Courtroom. Immediately is our resumption day.
“What I’ve to say is that this social gathering belongs to the folks, to not a person, to not an individual, to not a bunch, however to the folks.
“So I at all times ask for our social gathering devoted to be sturdy, to stay agency with the social gathering, and let’s work collectively (forward) 2027.
“It’s potential for us to get that presidency, which all of us have been affected by and that’s the reason we’re right here anyway,” he mentioned.
PDP Nationwide Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, nonetheless, mentioned the Courtroom of Appeal judgement is a declaratory judgment that can’t be stayed.
He additionally added that the social gathering has not acquired any keep of execution order, and described Anyanwu’s resumption as unlucky.
“This isn’t the time for the social gathering to undergo this type of embarrassing state of affairs. We’re a rustic of rule of legislation and order.
“In case you have a keep of execution, it’s a course of. It’s important to serve the events concerned. As I mentioned, the social gathering, PDP, has not acquired both a discover of movement for a keep or been served a keep of execution,” he acknowledged.
Ologunagba defined that there’s a course of adopted to acquire a keep of execution.
“While you apply for a keep, there’s a movement you will need to have filed and served earlier than the court docket can take heed to that movement and take motion.
“As I converse to you, this social gathering has not acquired a movement on discover for a keep software, nor, to my data, has the social gathering acquired a keep order granted by a court docket of competent jurisdiction,” he added.
The social gathering spokesperson accused Anyanwu of trying to resort to self-help and alleged “the actions of thugs from Niger State.
“We’re aware of the communication concerned, together with the emails that had been despatched by financial institution switch. We’ve got particulars of that.
“All of those had been finished on the behest of Senator Anyanwu. It’s unlucky {that a} former senator needs to be a lawbreaker. There’s a course of; let’s agree on the rule of legislation.”
He additionally accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of stoking the disaster within the PDP and mentioned it was orchestrated to forestall the social gathering from uniting earlier than going into the subsequent election.
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