PDP National Secretary, Anyanwu
The crisis rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of its forthcoming convention in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has taken a new twist.
The party whichh has been hit by a wave of defections in recent times has been looking forward to convention as an avenue for re-strategy ahead of 2027.
This week alone, it lost two governors – Peter Mbah (Enugu) and Duoye Diri (Bayelsa).
However, while trying to recover from the loss, National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, raised an alarm over alleged forgery of his signature.
In a petition sighted by Daily Trust, Anyanwu who has been at logger heads with National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum, and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC), said the letter written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dated 29 August was not signed by him.
He therefore asked the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Inspector General of Police, IGP to order a full investigation into the situation and punish those culpable.
He said, “My attention has been drawn to an official letter to INEC with Ref. No. PDP/DOM/GF.2/Vol. 1M/25 – 140 dated August 25, 2025, purportedly signed by me.
Forge
“Regrettably, the quoted letter was never signed, authorized, or known to me. It is shocking to have a forged or cloned version of my signature on the letter.”
Anyanwu therefore called for a full investigation, urging security agencies to identify those behind the alleged forgery and bring them to book.
The revelation by Anyanwu and the ongoing court case over the National convention cast a serious challenge over the convention.
The PDP has been embroiled in crisis since the conduct of the presidential primaries for the 2023 general elections that produced former Vice president Atiku Abubakar as Presidential candidate beating the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, to second position.
In the runoff to the National Convention of the party slated for Ibadan, Oyo State Capital between November 15 and 16, leaders of the party have been divided over the possibility of the convention.
Despite the hurdles, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, has constantly said the convention is sacrosanct. (Weekend Trust)
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