ABUJA — A coalition of opposition lawmakers has commended the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for removing Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary and appointing Hon. Setonji Koshoedo as acting replacement.
In a statement issued Monday, the group’s spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, hailed the NWC’s decision as a decisive move to restore party discipline and end what he described as the “flagrant imposition” of Anyanwu, who had already been removed by court ruling.
Ugochinyere, a PDP leader in Imo State and member of the House of Representatives, also called for the immediate expulsion of both Anyanwu and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, whom he accused of undermining the party from within.
“We received with excitement the decision of the NWC approving the nomination of Arch. Setonji Koshoedo as acting National Secretary, thereby officially sacking Anyanwu,” Ugochinyere said.
Koshoedo, who was Deputy National Secretary, will serve in an acting capacity pending the Southeast zone’s formal nomination of Rt. Hon. Udo Okoye as substantive secretary.
Ugochinyere described the change as “a bold decision” and urged the party to move swiftly in adopting further reforms. He specifically called on the NWC to implement the recommendations of the Chief Tom Ikimi-led disciplinary committee, which reportedly proposed sanctions against members accused of sabotaging the PDP.
“The NWC must be bold enough to officially adopt the Ikimi disciplinary report and expel traitors who have vowed to kill the party because of their greedy politics backed by Abuja plots of land bazaar,” he stated.
The lawmaker insisted that the expulsion of Wike and Anyanwu is “not negotiable” and necessary to restore internal democracy and public trust in the PDP.
“We salute the NWC and urge them to do more to earn back the trust of Nigerians — that the dark days of Anyanwu and his paymasters, notably Nyesom Wike, are destroyed,” Ugochinyere added.
