The board of trustees of the people’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by senator Adolphus Wabara has taken control of the party following a Supreme Court judgement which effectively voided the congresses held by the two factions seeking control of the party.
This decision was announced in a press release titled “Assumption of National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Board of Trustees (BoT)”.
The BoT noted the onus of leadership fell upon it as contained in the party’s constitution.
“This constitutional intervention of the BoT is so as not to allow any leadership vacuum at the national level of our party following judgment of the Supreme Court.
“Sadly, the Supreme Court, today delivered an unpleasant judgment against our party in which it pronounced an invalidation of the 15th to 16th November 2025 National Convention of the PDP held in Ibadan, Oyo State, which produced the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of our Party.
“While the Supreme Court invalidated the Ibadan Convention, it also in a unanimous decision of the five justices on the panel, upheld the suspension of Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Hon. Umar Bature, Kamaldeen Ajibade as National Secretary, National Organizing Secretary and National Legal Adviser respectively from the Party.” It noted.
“The consequential invalidation of both the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led as well as the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led Working Committees directly places the statutory onus of leadership of our great party on the shoulders of the Board of Trustees (BoT) as the Second Highest Organ of the Party, pursuant to the express and unambiguous provision of Section 32 (5) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).” The statement continued.
Emergency Emergency Meeting
An emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC), is expected soon pursuant to the provisions of Section 31 of the Constitution of the PDP.
This is to, among other things, appoint an Interim National Working Committee to take charge of the National Secretariat of the Party and pilot the affairs of the Party at the national level so as to meet all the timeline in the Electoral Act, 2026 and ensure that the PDP fields candidates in the 2027 general elections.
