‘It’s unconstitutional’ — PDP BoT asks Imo guber candidate to resign as national secretary

The board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the resignation of Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s national secretary.

Anyanwu is the PDP governorship candidate for the November 11 election in Imo state.

In April, Anyanwu was elected as the party’s governorship candidate in Imo after he scored 802 votes in the primary election.

After his election as the PDP candidate, some members of the party called for the resignation of Anyanwu as the national secretary.

On Friday, the national leadership of PDP in a statement said Anyanwu remains the party’s national secretary and governorship candidate in Imo.

The party dismissed the claim that it had removed Anyanwu from the national working committee (NWC).

THE BoT LETTER

However, in a letter dated October 12 and addressed to Iliya Damagun, acting PDP national chairman, the  BoT said it is against the provisions of the party’s constitution for Anyanwu to occupy two positions.

The letter was signed by Adolphus Wabara, acting BoT chairman.

The BoT said Anyanwu should have resigned his position as the national secretary after he was elected as governorship candidate.

“Nonetheless, the BOT, as the conscience of the party, has the constitutional authority to call to order any member of the party acting in a way contrary to the guiding principles of our party and this is one of them,” the statement reads.

“It is therefore against the background of the above that the Board wishes to put it on record and state categorically that the NWC should do the right thing by ensuring that the Imo state gubernatorial candidate resigns from office immediately and focus on the election which is less than 30 days away.”