INEC: Seven days after, IGP yet to acknowledge petition to probe Anyanwu, Mohammed – Factional PDP

Ogbeide Associates, Solicitors and Counsel holding brief for the factional Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday said the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Tunji Disu is yet to acknowledge its petition against the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu and factional National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed seven days after it was sent to him.

On 23rd June 2026, the lawyers had  petitioned Disu demanding an investigation into Anyanwu and  Mohammed over a letter dated 3rd November 2025 addressed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The petition alleges that the letter falsely claimed the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, had suspended Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum as Acting National Chairman and appointed Mohammed in his place.

However, in a statement signed by Anthony Ehilebo on behalf of the law firm said: “On 23rd June 2026, Ogbeide Associates formally filed a petition at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, requesting the Inspector General of Police to investigate Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed over alleged false information furnished to INEC in the PDP leadership crisis.

“It is now seven (7) days later, no acknowledgment, no invitation to either man, no update.

“For context: when a manipulated, AI-generated audio clip falsely attributed to President Tinubu went viral on 27th May 2026, the Police announced an arrest in the matter by 4th June 2026, about one week.

“We make no allegation as to why our petition backed by a subsisting Federal High Court judgment, an official NWC resolution, an official meeting attendance record, and a Court of Appeal judgment, has not yet received the same urgency.

“We simply place the facts before Nigerians. We call on the IGP to confirm receipt and indicate next steps.

“Should there be no substantive response within a reasonable further period, all available legal remedies, including proceedings to compel action, will be pursued. Nigerians are watching, the documents are public, silence is not an answer.”