Nigerians watching PDP carefully, NCWC chairman tells NEC members

The Chairman of the Nationwide Caretaker Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abdulrahman Mohammed, on Wednesday mentioned Nigerians have been seeking to the opposition get together to supply credible management and a transparent different imaginative and prescient for governance.

Mohammed spoke on the 106th assembly of the get together’s Nationwide Govt Committee in Abuja, the place he urged members to strengthen inside unity and give attention to the get together’s position as a accountable opposition.

“The Nigerian persons are watching us carefully. They anticipate our get together to proceed to supply accountable management, credible opposition, and a transparent different imaginative and prescient for governance and nationwide improvement,” Mohammed mentioned.

He known as on members of the NEC to strategy deliberations with unity and a powerful sense of duty.

“As we deliberate on this assembly in the present day, I urge all of us to strategy our discussions with maturity, unity of goal, and a powerful sense of duty towards the way forward for our nice get together and our nation,” he mentioned.

Mohammed added that the PDP should show self-discipline and organisation because it prepares for future political contests.

“The PDP should proceed to show that it isn’t solely the biggest political get together in Africa but additionally essentially the most organised, disciplined, and democratic,” he added.

The chairman additionally used the event to deal with latest management disputes inside the get together, saying court docket rulings had affirmed the legitimacy of the present management construction.

In accordance with him, judgments by the Federal Excessive Courtroom and the Courtroom of Appeal reaffirmed the supremacy of the rule of regulation and the necessity for political actors to function inside the provisions of the regulation and get together structure.

“Current developments inside our get together and the judgments delivered by the courts have as soon as once more reaffirmed the supremacy of the rule of regulation and the need for all political actors to function strictly inside the provisions of each the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Structure of our nice get together,” he mentioned.

He congratulated get together members nationwide on what he described as judicial victories and mentioned the rulings underscored the significance of due course of.

Mohammed mentioned the judgments additionally confirmed the authenticity of the get together’s present management.

“Extra importantly, these judicial pronouncements have clearly made it abundantly clear that the one genuine management of the Peoples Democratic Party stays the management construction as presently constituted, with my good self serving because the duly recognised Nationwide Chairman of the get together, working in collaboration with our ready Appearing Nationwide Secretary, Anyanwu, and different members of the Nationwide Working Committee,” he mentioned.

He additionally dismissed claims that the courts upheld the suspension of Appearing Nationwide Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, describing such studies as false.

“Let me state this clearly, categorically, and with none ambiguity earlier than this highest decision-making physique of our get together. Such a matter was by no means entertained by both the Federal Excessive Courtroom or the Courtroom of Appeal,” Mohammed mentioned.

He accused some people of spreading misinformation to mislead get together members and the general public.

“We due to this fact want to use this chance to tell our esteemed members throughout the federation and certainly most people that the declare that the courts upheld the suspension of our Appearing Nationwide Secretary is totally false, deceptive, and a deliberate try to create confusion inside our get together,” he mentioned.

He added, “The data of the courts are very clear, and anybody who takes the time to learn the judgments will simply affirm that no such difficulty was decided by the Federal Excessive Courtroom or the Courtroom of Appeal.”

He urged get together members to stay calm and united, stressing that the PDP would proceed to strengthen its inside buildings and democratic values.

“The PDP stays a celebration based on robust establishments and respect for the rule of regulation. We due to this fact urge all members to stay calm, centered, and united,” he mentioned.

Mohammed later declared the 106th assembly of the PDP Nationwide Govt Committee open.

The assembly comes in opposition to the backdrop of a protracted management disaster that has plagued the get together since November 2025. Governors of the PDP had earlier backed the Ibadan conference held on November 15, which produced Kabiru Turaki and different members of the Nationwide Working Committee for a four-year tenure.

Management was handed over from former Appearing Nationwide Chairman Umar Damagum to Turaki earlier than Damagum’s tenure ended on December 9.

Nonetheless, a faction loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, later shaped a 13-member Caretaker Committee, naming Mohammed Abdulrahman as Appearing Nationwide Chairman and Senator Samuel Anyanwu as Appearing Nationwide Secretary, amongst others, with a 60-day mandate. Makes an attempt by each factions to carry conferences on the PDP Nationwide Secretariat on November 18 descended into chaos, prompting the Nigeria Police Power to seal the secretariat.

Authorized battles adopted, culminating in a February 12 listening to on the Courtroom of Appeal. On March 9, the court docket dominated that the Ibadan conference violated the Electoral Act, the Structure, and the get together’s structure, nullifying the conference that produced Turaki and his committee.