Wike-backed PDP caretaker committee attends INEC assembly

The Nyesom Wike-backed Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee, on Thursday, attended the quarterly consultative assembly of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee in Abuja.

The Appearing Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed; Appearing Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; and Nationwide Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, are presently representing the PDP on the ongoing assembly with political events on the headquarters of the fee.

Our correspondent famous that the appearing chairman occupied a front-row seat designated “PDP Chairman,” whereas Anyanwu sat behind him on a seat labelled “PDP Nationwide Secretary.”

On Friday, a Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Ibadan nullified the PDP Nationwide Conference held on November 15, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State, and directed Tanimu Turaki (SAN) and a number of other others to stop parading themselves as nationwide officers of the social gathering.

Previous to the judgment, PDP governors had backed the Ibadan Conference that produced Turaki and members of the Nationwide Working Committee for a four-year tenure.

Nevertheless, the FCT Minister, alongside his allies Abdulrahman Mohammed and Senator Samuel Anyanwu, insisted they remained the Appearing Nationwide Chairman and Appearing Nationwide Secretary, respectively.

Though the governors facilitated a transition from former Chairman Umar Damagum to Turaki forward of Damagum’s tenure expiration on December 9, the Wike-aligned camp established a 13-member caretaker committee on December 8, naming Mohammed, Anyanwu, and others to serve with a 60-day mandate.

Subsequently, each the governors’ bloc and the Wike-aligned faction approached INEC searching for official recognition, however the electoral physique declined to acknowledge both facet, sparking a number of authorized disputes because the 2027 basic elections draw nearer.

Reacting to the court docket resolution, the Turaki-led PDP NWC, via its Publicity Secretary Ini Ememobong, introduced that its authorized group had been directed to file a direct enchantment and pursue all obtainable authorized treatments.

Talking completely to PidomNigeria On-line, Anyanwu revealed that they have been invited to the assembly of their capability because the recognised leaders of the PDP.

He additionally applauded the court docket ruling barring Turaki and others from functioning because the social gathering’s Nationwide Working Committee and pledged to organise a recent conference to elect new NWC members.

Anyanwu said that the court docket’s ruling has successfully introduced an finish to the PDP’s inside disaster.

He stated, “Sure, we have been invited yesterday because the recognised management of the PDP, and we’re right here to take part on this essential consultative assembly between INEC and political events to deliberate on social gathering issues and electoral points.

“The current court docket judgment has successfully resolved the disaster that had been affecting the PDP. The social gathering’s management stays intact beneath Abdulrahman Mohammed and me, and we’re totally ready to reposition the social gathering forward of future elections.”