Senator Samuel Anyanwu filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on April 10, 2026, challenging a January 12, 2026 judgment by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court. The court had dismissed Anyanwu's suit and upheld his recommended expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appeal was directed at the ruling in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/1050/2025, which pertained to the proceedings of the now-defunct Tom Ikimi-led Disciplinary Committee. That committee had recommended Anyanwu's suspension, but the PDP's National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Mohammed, stated the recommendation was never adopted or ratified by the National Working Committee or National Executive Committee.
Mohammed said the disciplinary panel was invalid, citing a breach of Chapter 10, Article 57(1) of the party's constitution. He emphasized that no formal suspension was ever enforced, calling reports suggesting otherwise misleading. The Wike-backed PDP faction, led by Abdurahman Mohammed, clarified that the court's judgment did not affirm any suspension, as the issue was not before the court. Justice Halilu ruled the matter outside judicial jurisdiction, confirming disciplinary actions as internal party affairs. The Turaki-led PDP faction has separately petitioned INEC to derecognize the Anyanwu-Mohammed wing. The party noted that Anyanwu and others mentioned in the reports have since completed their tenures.
The PDP leadership claims no suspension was ever valid, yet it allowed a court case over the same suspension to proceed for months without clarifying the matter publicly. Senator Anyanwu spent time and resources appealing a disciplinary action the party now says never existed. If the committee's decision was void from the start, why was it not formally nullified before the court judgment? The confusion leaves members and supporters unable to trust either the process or the party's narrative.
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