India, Oct. 24 -- The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refuted claims by the party's National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, alleging that his signature was forged on official documents sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the party's forthcoming elective convention.

In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the BoT Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, dismissed the allegations as false, baseless, and an attempt to mislead both party members and the general public.

Wabara explained that although the board would ordinarily avoid commenting on internal administrative issues in the public space, the seriousness of the claim and its potential to sow confusion made it nece...