At least 11 out of 19 members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have rejected Senator Samuel Anyanwu’s return as the party’s National Secretary.

This was made in a joint statement issued on Wednesday.

The 11 NWC members also insisted that the party’s National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025, would hold as planned.

They dismissed claims made by the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, that Anyanwu had been asked to resume duties and that the NEC meeting had been cancelled.

“Furthermore, the claim by Amb. Damagum that Sen. Samuel Anyanwu has been asked to resume office as the National Secretary of the Party is therefore misleading being contrary to the resolution of NEC.

“In the light of the foregoing, the 100th NEC meeting as scheduled for Monday, 30th June, 2025, has not been cancelled or postponed,” the statement read.

The rejection comes just hours after Damagum, flanked by party leaders including Bauchi State Governor and PDP Governors’ Forum Chairman, Bala Mohammed, and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, told reporters after a visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission that Anyanwu had been reinstated and that the NEC meeting had been replaced by an Expanded Caucus meeting.