According to George Tunah, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) caretaker chairman in Bayelsa State, the National Executive Committee is not a constitutionally able to choose or remove party national officers.
Tunah made this comment on the morning brief on Thursday during an interview with The Morning Brief, in response to the opposition’s rejection of Senator Anyanwu’s reinstatement by the PDP’s 11 members on Wednesday.
The PDP Acting Chairman, Umar Damagum, earlier on Wednesday, announced the NEC meeting was being called off and appointed Anyanwu to the position of national secretary following a press briefing.  ,  ,
Tunah noted that there was never a 99th NEC meeting and that the party’s constitution provided for a clear notice of the meeting’s location.
A party national officer is chosen at the national convention for a secure term of years, according to our constitution. This term of office can now only be shortened through resignation, removal, or other constitutionally mandated procedures.
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The convention, not even the NEC, is our party’s only body that has the authority to appoint or remove national officers, he said.
The situation with the national convention is different now than it is with the constitution, which allows the NWC to decide matters on behalf of the NEC in cases of emergency.
No section of our constitution grants the NEC the authority to decide matters relating to the convention. He continued, “The convention must do whatever is in its power to do”, he continued.
Anyanwu Resigned without any evidence.
Further, the Bayelsa caretaker chairman added that Anyanwu had no way of knowing when he ran for governor in Imo State as the party’s candidate.
According to him, “Anyanwu resigned, and there hasn’t been a resignation letter up until this point.” An officer who seeks elected office or public office is not required to resign under our constitution.
Before he became the party’s flag bearer, Anyanwu made himself available to screening committees. Anyanwu’s resignation letter is where? You must give INEC a 21-day notice in accordance with Sections 85 and 86 of the Electoral Act for each party meeting that is intended to elect officers, remove, elect candidates for elections, approve mergers, or approve mergers.
What does it mean when a party officer resigns under Section 86 of the Electoral Act, which authorizes INEC to oversee all political party activities, you must file a report to INEC stating that the officer you came to watch the convention where he was elected has ruled. Examine the resignation letter. There was nothing like that.
Anyanwu was not reinstated as the party’s national secretary, according to the NWC’s 11 members, who asserted that only the NEC had the authority to make these decisions in a statement released on Wednesday.  ,
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The NEC is the party’s highest decision-making body, second only to the National Convention, according to the statement, “for the avoidance of doubt.” No organ, group, or individual has the authority to veto or modify the NEC’s resolution to hold its 100th meeting on Monday, June 30, 2025, as required by Section 31 (3) of the PDP constitution, which binds all organs, officers, chapters, and party members.  ,
Additionally, Damagum’s claim that Senator Samuel Anyanwu has been appointed as the party’s national secretary is false because it conflicts with NEC’s resolution.
The 100th NEC meeting, which is scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025, has not been canceled or postponed in accordance with the above, according to the statement.
Source: Channels TV
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