A suspended and now expelled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, had described the recent party national convention as a jamboree and illegal.

Anyanwu made this statement in an interview on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television a few hours after the PDP expelled him and other chieftains of the party.

Recall that the PDP held its national convention on Saturday, where a former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki, emerged as the new National Chairman of the party.

Reacting, Anyanwu said, “16 states had not even done their congresses; the entire South-East has not done their congress, suggesting that all that happened on Saturday was a jamboree. Even the ones done earlier have not been communicated to INEC.”

He added that, with the absence of several states from the convention, the event, which ran from Saturday to early Sunday, cannot be said to be all-inclusive.

“When I heard somebody yesterday at the convention, when they were celebrating, having their jamboree, saying that we must obey the rules of the party, I laughed,” he said.

UGAMATV recalls that PDP held its 2025 convention between Saturday and Sunday, expelling the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike; a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; Anyanwu, its national secretary; and others for anti-party activities.

It also dissolved party structures in Imo, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.

A chieftain of the PDP, Bode George, moved the motion for the expulsion of 11 key members, citing what he described as activities inconsistent with the party’s collective interest as reasons for the move.

The PDP chairman in Bauchi State quickly seconded the motion.

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, put the vote forward for members to adopt and ratify the expulsion of those involved, and it was unanimously accepted.