Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally recognised Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the party's substantive national secretary.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

He explained that the NWC made the decision during a meeting earlier today after reviewing a memo presented by the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, along with some legal documents.

The documents included judgments from the High Court of Enugu and the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division.

Mr Ologunagba said after extensive deliberations, the committee unanimously affirmed Mr Udeh-Okoye's position in line with the judgment of the ...