The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the executive committees of 14 state chapters of the party and announced plans to conduct fresh congresses in January 2026.
The committee insisted that the leadership of Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman and Senator Samuel Anyanwu as Acting National Secretary remains the only legitimate national structure of the party.
This position was contained in a communiqué issued after the committee’s meeting held on Thursday evening in Abuja and read by the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Haruna Jungun.
The development comes amid deepening internal divisions within the PDP following the Ibadan convention held on November 16, where governors elected Tanimu Turaki (SAN) and other members of the National Working Committee for four-year terms.
Despite the governors’ endorsement of the Ibadan convention and the handover from former chairman Umar Damagum to Turaki ahead of the expiration of Damagum’s tenure on December 9, the Wike-backed faction proceeded on December 8 to constitute a 60-day caretaker committee headed by Mohammed and Anyanwu.
According to the committee, the caretaker arrangement is mandated to conclude all outstanding congresses and organise a national convention within the stipulated period.
While Turaki has continued to engage party leaders nationwide, the Mohammed-led caretaker committee has also remained active, holding meetings and issuing directives.
Jungun listed the affected states as Borno, Bauchi, Oyo, Zamfara, Yobe, Ekiti, Bayelsa, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Delta, Taraba, Kano and Lagos.
The communiqué dismissed reports that the Turaki-led executives had been recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, describing such claims as false.
The committee challenged Turaki to publicly produce evidence of uploading his executives’ details on the INEC portal.
It also ratified the dissolution of several state working committees, confirmed caretaker committees in affected states and assigned portfolios to members of the national caretaker body.
State congresses are scheduled to commence on January 9, 2026, after which a national convention will be convened.
Earlier, Mohammed maintained that his faction was operating strictly within the PDP constitution and the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, insisting that there is only one legitimate PDP leadership under his stewardship.
