The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, has announced that it has taken over the national leadership of the party.
Newsextra24 reports that the PDP BoT, in a statement on Thursday, signed by Wabara, said the step was taken based on the Supreme Court ruling of Thursday.
According to him, the judgment of the apex court left the PDP without a recognized leadership, and the BoT had to take over in order to avoid a leadership vacuum in the party.
The former lawmaker described the court ruling as an unpleasant judgment.
He argued that the Supreme Court, by its ruling, invalidated the 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.
Wabara added that the Supreme Court also upheld the suspension of Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umar Bature, and Kamaldeen Ajibade as National Secretary, National Organising Secretary and National Legal Adviser, respectively, from the Party.
According to him, the implication of the Supreme Court’s ruling is that all actions taken by Anyanwu, Bature and Ajibade, including the appointment of Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman, the composition of the National Caretaker Working Committee and the conduct and outcome of the March 29th, 2026, Convention in Abuja, are illegal, null and ab initio void.
He said since the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led as well as the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led Working Committees have been invalidated, the BoT has to take over the leadership of the PDP.
Wabara explained that the takeover is supported by the provisions of the PDP constitution.
The former Senate President added that an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC), of the PDP will be summoned 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 and also emerge victorious in all elective positions in the 2027 general elections.
Wabara praised Governor Bala Mohammed and Governor Seyi Makinde for their efforts towards stabilizing the PDP and called on all factions to unite for lasting peace in the interest of the party and Nigeria’s democracy.
