BREAKING: PDP Bows To Pressure, Reinstates Wike’s Ally, Anyanwu, as National Secretary

• The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a huge step in resolving the internal crisis rocking the party
• The main opposition party on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, reinstated Samuel Anyanwu as its National Secretary
• The PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, explained what led to the decision

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues

FCT, Abuja - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, finally reinstated Samuel Anyanwu as its National Secretary.

The PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, said the decision to accept Anyanwu into the National Working Committee (NWC) “was difficult”.

Damagum made this known during a press briefing held at the PDP headquarters in Abuja.

“Anyanwu is resuming as the National Secretary, that is why I said it was a critical decision. Like INEC said, they don’t have our notice, so what we will have on June 30th is an extended Caucus.”

Legit.ng reports that Anyanwu is an ally to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

As reported by Daily Trust, Damagum, flanked by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, and other stakeholders.

The PDP acting chairman also disclosed that the planned NEC meeting had been canceled.

He said:

“We will have an expanded Caucus at the next Caucus, and we will make a decision leading to a proper NEC.”

This development is coming after the PDP leaders held a meeting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, June 24 in Abuja, the nation's capital.

Wike’s Ally Anyanwu spits fire, gives condition

The PDP internal crisis took a fresh dimension as the party's national secretary, Anyanwu, vowed not to resign from his position.

Anyanwu noted that his tenure would elapse by December 2025 and that he never resigned from his position but queried PDP leaders and governors bent on making him the sacrificial lamb.

Anyanwu, an ally of FCT minister Nyesom Wike, said there is no vacancy in the office and he remains the PDP national secretary.

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PDP groups declare support for Anyanwu as National Secretary

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that over 1,000 groups within the People's Democratic Party (PDP) declared their support for Senator Samuel Anyanwu.

The groups insisted that Senator Anyanwu remains the national secretary of the main opposition party, PDP.

The group's national coordinator, Hon. Henry Owolabi, lambasted the PDP Governors' Forum and the Board of Trustees (BoT).

Source: Legit.ng