The Nationwide Working Commitee of the Peoples democratic Social gathering (PDP) on Tuesday met with former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The closed-door assembly is being held at Jonathan’s workplace within the Maitama space of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Members of the celebration’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) and a few state PDP chairmen joined Turaki on the assembly.
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Sources instructed Channels Tv that the celebration’s management was discussing points bordering on the celebration and nationwide curiosity.
It’s anticipated that the gathering would deal with the continuing disaster throughout the PDP, efforts to reposition the celebration, and different urgent nationwide points.
Addressing journalists, Turaki mentioned the PDP leaders briefed Jonathan in regards to the prospects that the celebration has so far as the continuing authorized battles are involved.
In accordance with him, the previous president additionally pledged his assist for the PDP, saying ” the PDP has executed sufficient for him, and he’ll strive his finest to do extra for the celebration.”
The PDP has been embroiled in a management disaster with two males claiming to be the celebration’s nationwide chairman.
Whereas Abdulrahman Mohammed is being backed by the camp loyal to the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Taminu Turaki is backed by the camps loyal to Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde.
INEC Intervenes
Frightened by the state of affairs, the Chairman of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Joash Amupitan, on December 19, 2025 met with the management of the 2 teams of the PDP.
The assembly, which held on the INEC headquarters in Abuja, was on the occasion of the INEC chairman forward of the FCT space council elections and people of Osun and Ekiti states scheduled for February 21, 2026.
The assembly was attended by the Tanimu Turaki-led nationwide working committee and that of Samuel Anyanwu.
Amupitan mentioned the intervention grew to become needed following a collection of conflicting correspondence acquired from the celebration.
He mentioned the engagement was additionally pushed by preparations for the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections slated for June and July 2026.
In accordance with the INEC chairman, the Fee had already circulated its election timetable and pointers to all registered political events and was decided to make sure clean and credible polls within the affected areas. Nonetheless, he famous that the conflicting positions emanating from the PDP made it essential to carry the contending factions collectively to hunt readability and forge a typical path ahead.
Amupitan expressed satisfaction with the presence of senior officers from each camps, noting that the assembly offered a platform for open and constructive engagement aimed toward resolving the management dispute within the curiosity of the celebration and the broader electoral course of.
He additional assured the PDP factions of INEC’s neutrality, emphasising that the Fee’s actions had been firmly rooted within the provisions of the 1999 Structure, the Electoral Act and INEC’s laws and pointers.
The INEC chairman defined that the Fee operates inside a three-tier authorized framework comprising the Structure, the Electoral Act and its inside laws, and pledged that it might strictly adhere to those legal guidelines in dealing with the matter.
He urged the events to interact in frank and constructive discussions to attain the aims of the assembly, after which deliberations continued behind closed doorways
