Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared an end to the protracted leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal filed by the Kabiru Turaki-led faction over the disputed Ibadan National Convention.
Speaking to journalists at his Abuja residence shortly after the apex court’s ruling on Thursday, Wike said the judgment had conclusively resolved the internal wrangling that had fractured the party for months. “The Supreme Court judgment has now made it known there is only one PDP, and we no longer hear faction,” he said. “Faction does not exist any longer in the Peoples Democratic Party.”
The Supreme Court had earlier nullified the PDP national convention held in Ibadan on November 15 and 16, 2025, which produced the Turaki-led executives. In its ruling, the court held that the exercise was “conducted in disobedience to court orders” and amounted to an “abuse of court process,” effectively invalidating the outcome and reshaping the party’s leadership structure.
Wike maintained that the verdict has put an end to competing claims of legitimacy within the PDP, reinforcing the authority of the rival convention backed by his political camp. That convention, held in March 2026, produced Abdulrahman Mohammed and other members of the National Working Committee, whose leadership the FCT minister insists remains valid.
The former Rivers State governor also took aim at key figures who supported the now-invalidated Turaki-led faction, including Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. “I don’t know where they are going to pitch their tent,” Wike remarked, suggesting the ruling has weakened their political standing within the party.
In a further escalation of intra-opposition tensions, Wike ruled out any possibility of accommodating members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) aligned with Atiku Abubakar into the PDP, describing them as politically burdensome. He dismissed the group as “electoral liabilities, not electoral assets.”
