Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Sunday Udeh-Okoye, a former youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has resigned after unsuccessfully seeking the party's national secretary position.

Mr Udeh-Okoye announced his resignation from the PDP in a letter addressed to the party's chairperson in his Agbogugu ward in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The letter, obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, was dated 13 October 2025.

There had been an intense contest about who the authentic national secretary of the PDP was, between Samuel Anyanwu and Mr Udeh-Okoye, before Mr Anyanwu was finally recognised as the substantive national secretary of the party.

In his letter, Mr Udeh-Okoye said that although the PDP had been an "integral part of my political...