Minister of federal capital territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared keen interest in all activities of the Oyo State chapter of the PDP.
He said: “Let me declare my interest clearly: I am interested in the survival and success of this party. I am also interested in all the happenings in Oyo State PDP.”
Wike said the party would wait for the Caretaker Committee to issue clear directives on the congresses.
The former Rivers State governor who insisted that his concern is the survival, stability and success of the party, spoke when he unfolded plans to hold the National Convention on March 28 and 29 in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Wike/Anyanwu faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) proposed convention followed last week’s judgment of the Federal High Court in Ibadan affirming Abdulrahman Mohammed caretaker committee as the authentic leadership of the party.
Justice Uche Agomoh, also voided the November 16, 2025 convention of the PDP in Ibadan and all the decisions taken there from because the convention was stopped by two Federal High Courts judgments.
Kabiru Turaki (SAN) was elected at the convention along with other members of his National Working Committee (NWC).
The convention also expelled senior figures of the party, including Nyesome WIke, former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, Senator Mao Ohunabuwa, among others.
All these were nullified by the judgment.
Justice Agomoh also directed that only a caretaker committee can run the PDP until another convention elects the leadership.
New members of the National Working Committee (NWC) would be elected at the March 28 convention, according to a statement by the Caretaker Chairman Mohammed and National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
According to the statement, the decision to hold the convention was taken at the 105th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the official residence of the Minister of the FCT Wike.
The party secretariat, popularly known as Wadata Plaza, has been under lock and key by the police following a bloody battle there between the two factions.
To restore stability and constitutional order, the NEC approved a comprehensive schedule for party congresses across the country.
The Ward and Local Government Congresses will hold in February while the State Congresses hold in March 2026.
The NEC mandated the National Caretaker Committee to immediately “activate Convention Sub-Committees and commence full logistical, administrative, and consultative preparations” to ensure the process remains transparent and credible.
The NEC reconfirmed the Mohammed-led National Caretaker Committee as the “only lawful national administrative organ of the Party.”
To prevent any administrative vacuum, the NEC also extended the tenure of Caretaker Committees at the State and Zonal levels.
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The faction welcomed the judgment of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, which validated its current leadership structure.
It said: “NEC welcomed and affirmed the judgment… which upheld the legality of the Party’s leadership and administrative arrangements and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to recognize the duly constituted National Caretaker Committee.”
Mohammed declared that the “cloud of uncertainty” hanging over the party had fizzled out.
He described the judgment as a “much-needed legal clarity” that affirmed the legitimacy of his leadership and that of Anyanwu.
He said: “The judgment has conferred existential credibility on the leadership of our great party as presently constituted. This outcome did not come by accident. It is the reward of your collective decision to stand on the side of the law. “
The chairman described 2025 as a “testing and refining period,” noting that the party survived internal attempts to by-pass established procedures.
He said the PDP did not collapse under the pressure of judicial challenges but emerged “refined, strengthened and reoriented.”
Mohammed said: “We are today firmly positioned to roll out our activities without hesitation or uncertainty.”
Urging reconciliation, he added: “In this process, there are no absolute losers. I call on all members of our great party, at every level, to jettison divisive tendencies and destructive rhetoric. Now is the time to heal wounds and rebuild trust.”
Mohammed praised Wike for his “intellectual depth” and leadership during the “trying period”, and also extended gratitude to former Senate President Bukola Saraki for his insistence on due process and the “supremacy of the law.”
Turaki faction kicks
However, the National Publicity Secretary of the Turaki faction, Ini Ememobong, dismissed the proposed convention as a ruse.
He said “Wike and friends are merely living in fools paradise with their proposition. The world knows they are extensions of the APC and therefore cannot claim to be members of the PDP.
“We await the judgement of the appellate courts and we are hopeful that when the judgements are in, the issues would have been resolved and the court will confirm the reality that the convention held in Ibadan was a reflection of the wishes of the true members of the People’s Democratic Party.”
