The Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Adolphus Wabara, has appointed a 13-member interim National Working Committee for the party.
According to Wabara, the decision aligns with the PDP constitution, insisting that the Supreme Court judgment which upheld the nullification of the Ibadan Convention created a leadership vacuum within the party.
The newly constituted interim NWC is headed by former National Chairman Tanimu Turaki.
This decision was taken at the a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held by the Tanimu Turaki bloc of the PDP at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
Prominent party stakeholders who attended the Monday NEC meeting include Governor Seyi Makinde, former Minister of Special Duties Tanimu Turaki, former Governor of Niger State Babangida Muazu, former Minister of Information Professor Jerry Gana, Senator Adolphus Wabara, and former Minister of Women Affairs Zainab Maina, among others.
The group insisted that the Abuja convention which produced the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led NWC is invalid, maintaining that the PDP constitution requires the establishment of a caretaker committee whenever a leadership vacuum arises.
The latest development stems from last Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, which dismissed an appeal filed by the Turaki-led NWC that emerged from the Ibadan convention held in November 2025.
In the lead judgment, Justice Stephen ruled that the Ibadan convention contravened an earlier decision of the Federal High Court delivered by Justice James Omotosho, thereby rendering its outcome null.