Nigeria: PDP Crisis - Wabara-Led Bot Holds NEC Today, to Appoint Caretaker Committee

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, on Sunday announced plans to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to appoint a caretaker committee to run the affairs of the party.

Wabara disclosed this at the 84th meeting of his factional BoT held in Abuja, saying that the group had secured the consent of two-thirds of NEC members to hold the meeting scheduled for Monday.

The move, according to him, is part of efforts to stabilise the party following the Supreme Court judgment delivered on April 30, which nullified the 2025 national convention that produced the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN).

Wabara said the apex court's verdict had effectively stripped the party of a valid NWC, thereby necessitating the intervention of the BoT to prevent a leadership vacuum.

He said this has become imperative as the leadership backed by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, is not recognised by law.

He said the meeting will facilitate the appointment of a caretaker committee that would oversee the party's affairs pending the conduct of a fresh national convention.

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