Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- The PDP Governors Forum has declared their backing for Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the party's national secretary amid legal battles.

The governors took the decision at their first 2025 monthly meeting held on Friday in Asaba, Delta State, south-south Nigeria.

There has been an intense contest about who is the authentic national secretary of the PDP, between Samuel Anyanwu and a former PDP National Youth Leader, Mr Ude-Okoye.

The matter is currently being argued at various courts, including Nigeria's Supreme Court.

Aside from other court judgements, the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, in December, upheld a High Court's ruling that Mr Ude-Okoye be recognised as the national secretary of the PDP against Mr Anyanwu.

In a co...