Amidst a crisis bedevilling the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, has broken his silence, issuing a fiery defense of his position, integrity, and the legitimacy of his office, just as he accused some party leaders of stoking internal crisis for selfish ambitions.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Anyanwu described the wave of negative press against the party as “very disheartening,” blaming what he termed “man-made crises” and “personal egos” for threatening party unity just months before the end of the current National Working Committee’s tenure.
“There’s no doubt our party is in crisis. I’m a realist. But it’s all about ambition, and it’s very disheartening,” he said.
“It is wickedness for anybody that wants to take something from Ebonyi State and put it in Anambra State, when positions are evenly distributed,” he said, warning that any replacement for him must still come from Imo State”, he said.
Senator Anyanwu, who was elected National Secretary in October 2021 under a zoning arrangement that allocated the position to the South and specifically Imo State, accused the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mba, of attempting to usurp the position and reallocate it to his state despite an existing representative from Enugu already holding a national post.
