The internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party has intensified, with rival factions making fresh moves to assert control of the party’s leadership structure ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The faction aligned with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and led by the Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, on Monday announced the appointment of a 13-member interim National Working Committee (NWC).
Wabara said the decision followed the recent judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which upheld the nullification of the party’s Ibadan convention, creating what he described as a leadership vacuum within the party.
He explained that the interim committee, headed by former National Chairman Tanimu Turaki, was constituted in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution.
The resolution was reached at a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting convened by the Turaki-led bloc at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, highlighting the Makinde-aligned faction’s determination to restructure the party’s leadership.
However, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has maintained that the PDP remains united under a single leadership.
Reacting to the same Supreme Court judgment, Wike insisted that it effectively ended all factional divisions within the party.
“Today, the Supreme Court has brought to an end the so-called factions of the PDP. There is no more faction in the party. There is only one PDP,” he said during a press briefing in Abuja.
The minister dismissed claims that the ruling created any leadership vacuum, stressing that his camp remains the legitimate authority within the party.
Wike also rejected suggestions that the apex court ruled on the suspension of the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, noting that no such matter was before the court.
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