The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit filed by Samuel Anyanwu, the former factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking recognition of his position as the party’s scribe.

Justice Mohammed Umar dismissed the suit following the expiration of Anyanwu’s tenure as secretary of the party in December 2025.

Anyanwu, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/254/2025, had originally sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the former acting National Chairman of PDP, Umar Damagun, as 1st and 2nd defendants.

In the ex parte motion dated and filed on February 13, 2025, by his lawyer, Ken Njemanze, the embattled PDP scribe sought two prayers.

He had sought an order of interim injunction, restraining INEC from accepting, acting on or giving effect to any correspondence from the PDP not signed by him pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.

He also sought an order of interim injunction restraining Damagun from dispatching to INEC any correspondence purportedly emanating from PDP signed by the acting chair and not countersigned by him.

However, the court had, on February 28, 2025, joined the PDP and Sunday Udeh-Okoye in the suit as 3rd and 4th defendants.

The judge equally joined Dr Ali Odela and Mr Setonji Koshoedo as the 5th and 6th defendants, respectively.

While Odela was said to be the national vice chairman, PDP’s South-East, Koshoedo was said to be the deputy national secretary of the party.

When the case was called, U.C. Njemanze Aku, who appeared for Anyanwu, told the court that his client’s tenure as the PDP secretary expired in December last year.

The lawyer said he felt it was improper for a matter that had been overtaken by events to continue.

“In the interest of justice, I apply to withdraw this matter to save the time of the court,” he said.

Responding, the lawyer for INEC, Akintayo Balogun, said the suit “ought not to have been instituted in the first place.” Balogun, therefore, prayed the court to dismiss it with costs.