The Supreme Court has nullified the judgements of the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court, which removed Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

A five-member panel of the apex court ruled that the determination of the PDP’s National Secretary was an internal party matter and therefore not justiciable.

Delivering the lead judgement, Justice Jamilu Tukur struck out the October 2024 ruling of the trial court and set aside the majority decision of the Court of Appeal, which had, in December, upheld Anyanwu’s removal.

Justice Tukur instead affirmed the minority judgement of the appellate court, delivered by Justice Ekanem, which had declared the trial court’s decision invalid due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court also ruled that the plaintiff, Aniagu Emmanuel, lacked the legal standing to initiate the suit, as he had not demonstrated how he was directly affected by Anyanwu’s position as PDP National Secretary.