YOUTHS TO PDP GOVERNORS FORUM: DO NOT BRING THE PDP TO RIDICULE

 YOUTHS TO PDP GOVERNORS FORUM: DO NOT BRING THE PDP TO RIDICULE

The ongoing tension between some PDP governors and the party’s National Working Committee particularly the authentic National Secretary Sen. Samuel Anyanwu stems from a mix of personal loyalties and party politics. Sen. Samuel Anyanwu’s reinstatement by the Supreme Court in March 2025 confirmed his position as the authentic national Secretary of the party, yet some governors, reportedly upset over his ties or friendship with the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, have pushed for his ouster as against the party’s constitution. 

They have even suggested an acting secretary, which the youths of the party on seeing such draconian recommendation have vehemently kicked against as overstepping their authority under the PDP constitution.

As party faithfuls, we must all understand that the Governors Forum is not a constitutionally recognized arm of the party but they serve as pressure group within the party. 

Forcing Anyanwu out risks deepening the PDP’s internal crisis. The party is already struggling-look at Anambra, where no one bought governorship forms for 2025 Guber Election due to the chaos until the very last minute. Governors like Bala Mohammed and others have a point about needing unity, but targeting Anyanwu seems more like a proxy war of witch hunt targeted at his person rather than a principled stand. Sen. Anyanwu has been clear about his unshaken commitment to the PDP as above all sentiments. Being friends with the FCT minister is not a crime plus he has got a legal mandate as a constitutionally elected National Secretary of the party whose tenure only elapses in December of 2025.

On the flip side, governors have ceremonial grip about the party’s direction. The PDP has been bleeding relevance since 2023, and the party is desperate to avoid a repeat in 2027. Some see Anyanwu as a symbol of the old guard tied to Wike but forgetting that he is a man of his own, strong willed and belong to a class of elite and well respected politicians in the country. 

Here is the thing; kicking out a Supreme court-backed National Secretary won’t fix the rot created by the same interest driven governors. It will only spark more lawsuits and defections, handing rivals like the APC an easy win in any elections going forward.

The smart play is de-escalation. Governors should focus on real reforms which include legitimate congresses, fundraising, grassroots mobilization and not this vendetta against the personality of Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, a man who has always fought for the progress of the PDP.

What should be well echoed in the ears of all Nigerians as well as PDP supporters at a time like this is that Sen. Samuel Anyanwu is not the problem of the PDP.

The PDP’s bigger enemy is its own disarray and selfish interest governors who have literally sold out the 2027 presidential election to Tinubu and the APC yet they accuse someone else of sabotage.

As stated by a political commentator on his X handle @HonShield, “Chatting with a former PDP Governor who is currently holding a revered position in the Party, he told me, "Shield, 7 of our Governors are with Tinubu".

Shouldn’t the people demand accountability from these set of governors rather than creating an infighting within the PDP where there is none?