By Ayodele Oni
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has clarified that Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, remains its National Chairman.
The explanation is coming after the Supreme Court’s judgement which finally nailed the National Convention of the party held in Ibadan, Oyo state, last year.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, spokesman of the party, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, pointed out that the judgment did not mention anything about the national executive committee of the party.
“We are here today to set the record straight and address the deliberate distortions being peddled by one Kabiru Turaki, SAN, and his associates regarding the Supreme Court judgment delivered on the 30th of April, 2026.
“Let it be clear and unambiguous that the Supreme Court judgment of yesterday only nullified the illegal Ibadan ‘Convention’ and dismissed the appeal filed by the Turaki-led purported National Working Committee for lacking in merit.
“This remains the sole substance of the judgment, contrary to the false narratives being circulated. The judgment did not uphold any suspension or expulsion of any officer of the party.
“The reason is simple: the issue of suspension or expulsion was never before the Federal High Court, let alone the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court.
“It was neither canvassed at the Federal High Court nor formed part of the questions for determination at any level of adjudication.
“The apex court addressed only the matter before it, which is the validity or otherwise of the so-called 15th and 16th Ibadan “Convention.”
“Accordingly, throughout the Supreme Court judgment, there was no mention whatsoever of suspension or expulsion of any party officer.
“It is also important to state that there has never been a vacuum, obstruction, or absence of leadership in our party that presupposes an interim take over of the administration of the Party by any authority.
‘The leadership structure of the PDP remains intact, lawful, and fully operational under the able National Chairman, Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, and our indefatigable National Secretary, Distinguished Senator Samuel Anyanwu. Their positions remain duly recognized.
“What we are witnessing is a desperate attempt by a rejected group to twist the clear facts contained in the judgement of the Supreme Court in order to mislead the public and seek undeserved sympathy.
“I make it bold to say that the judgement is a public document which can be accessed by anybody to ascertain the content of the said judgement.
“The same individuals who disobeyed valid court orders to conduct the illegal Ibadan Convention have continued in their pattern of lawlessness by assembling again, even after the Supreme Court has spoken.
“Their actions only reinforce what is already evident: an agenda set out with the sole intention to destabilize the Party.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party has announced that it has formally assumed the national leadership of the party following what it described as a constitutional intervention after a Supreme Court judgment that nullified key organs of the opposition party.
In a statement issued on Thursday, and signed by BoT Chairman Senator Adolphus Wabara, the party’s highest advisory body said it stepped in to prevent a leadership vacuum at the national level.
According to the statement, the decision was taken pursuant to provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017), following a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the party’s 15th to 16th November 2025 National Convention held in Ibadan.
That convention had produced the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC).
The BoT disclosed that the apex court also upheld the suspension of Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Hon. Umar Bature and Barr. Kamaldeen Ajibade from the party in their capacities as National Secretary, National Organising Secretary and National Legal Adviser respectively.
It said the implication of the ruling is that all actions taken by the affected officials — including the appointment of Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman, the composition of the National Caretaker Working Committee, and the conduct and outcome of the March 29, 2026 convention in Abuja — have become illegal, null and void.
But, the spokesman maintained that “On the issue of the purported takeover of the party by the Board of Trustees (BoT), or claims of summoning the National Executive Committee (NEC): there is no provision in the Party’s Constitution that grants the Board of Trustees the power to take over the leadership of the party or assume the functions of the National Working Committee.
“Most curious is the claim by Senator Adolphus Wabara, whose tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees had long expired even before the onset of this crisis.
“The only known legitimate leadership of the Party’s Board of Trustees is that led by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa. Senator Adolphus Wabara should retrace his steps from making statements on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forthwith. Any such infractions within the Party will no longer be tolerated.”
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