PDP Holds First NEC Meeting At Wadata Headquarters

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to hold its first National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at its national headquarters, Wadata Plaza, following the recent unsealing of the secretariat by the police.

The party’s headquarters had been sealed in November last year after a violent confrontation between the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) and the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led caretaker committee, both of whom laid claim to the party’s leadership structure.

A recent Appeal Court judgment in March invalidated the Ibadan convention that produced the Turaki-led leadership. The ruling was later relied upon by the Mohammed-led faction, which is backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to conduct a separate convention in Abuja.

The NEC meeting is expected to include key stakeholders aligned with the Mohammed-led faction, including Wike, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, and others.

Following the reopening of the secretariat, the Turaki-led NWC accused the police of facilitating what it described as an unlawful takeover of the party headquarters by individuals it referred to as “APC apologists.”

The party alleged that security operatives unsealed the building and allowed what it called an occupation by agents of the Federal Government, despite ongoing legal proceedings.

In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the PDP said:
“By their action, they have tampered with the rest, and that can render the judgment of the Court of Appeal nugatory, when it is eventually given,”

The party further described the development as “most shameful” and accused the police of partisanship, expressing concern over the conduct of the security agency amid the ongoing leadership dispute.