The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the request to recognise the national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki.
The electoral umpire cited multiple court judgements for its
decision.
The Turaki-led PDP NWC has the support of Seyi Makinde,
governor of Oyo, and Bala Mohammed, his Bauchi counterpart.
In November, the opposition party, with the backing of
Mohammed and Makinde, convened a national convention in Ibadan, the Oyo state
capital, which produced a new set of national officers.
The national convention was preceded by a series of
conflicting court judgements, with some rulings from federal high courts in
Abuja halting the event over alleged breaches of party constitution and
electoral laws, while the Oyo state high court in Ibadan cleared the PDP to
proceed with the exercise and directed INEC to monitor it.
A group of party members led by Nyesom Wike, minister of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who opposed the convention, would later form a
parallel NWC, board of trustees (BoT) and national executive committee (NEC).
Subsequently, the Makinde-backed PDP, through its counsel, asked INEC to recognise Turaki as the party’s authentic national chairman.
THE REJECTION
In a letter dated December 22 and addressed to Akintayo
Balogun & Co, PDP’s legal representatives, INEC said the matter remains sub
judice, noting that it cannot take administrative action that may pre-empt the
outcome of the legal processes before the courts.
The electoral body said it would not update its records to
reflect any change in the party’s national leadership pending the resolution of
ongoing court cases challenging the convention.
“In the light of the above pending suits, your request is
prejudiced and cannot be acceded to until the determination of the pending
appeals,” the letter reads.
“In the circumstances, and in obedience to the rule of law
and subsisting court orders, the commission is unable to accede to the demand
to recognise or update the list of the national officers said to have emerged
from the PDP National convention of 15th- 16th November 2025.”
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