The newly elected National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ini Ememobong, has described as shameful and pitiful the violent standoff at the party’s Wadata Plaza headquarters in Abuja.

He said that the standoff indicates a disturbing decline in Nigeria’s democratic culture, questioning the process surrounding the disputed meeting.

“Is that a NEC meeting? Every NEC meeting must be monitored by INEC. It’s very shameful and a pity that this is happening after six election cycles.

“Democratic consolidation should be firm. Democratic norms should be valued. They should form part of our way of life. Sadly, every election cycle seems to be getting worse.

“In a democracy, the majority will have their way, and the minority will have their say. But what you have now is a minority trying to impose its will on the majority,” he said.

The PDP’s mouthpiece, however, issued a stern warning that the incident exposed party members to serious danger.

The lawyer pointed out that several Nigerians had died from inhaling tear gas in the past, accusing the ruling party of enabling hostility against the opposition.

Expelled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has disclosed the real people responsible for the chaos in the the party.

Speaking in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST on Monday, Anyanwu blamed the PDP Governors’ Forum for the deepening crisis within the party.

According to him, PDP governors caused the instability, adding that he would not take responsibility for the party’s troubles.

“The truth of the matter is that I will hold the Governors’ Forum responsible for whatever is happening to the party today,” he said.

The former Imo State governorship candidate emphasized that founding members had left due to the party’s condition.

The expelled National Secretary maintained that the governors had once proposed that the amended constitution recognise the Governors’ Forum as an organ of the party.

An erstwhile governor of Kaduna State and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, has resigned.

In his resignation letter dated November 17, 2025 addressed to the PDP BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, the former governor cited zoning concerns and the emergence of a new National Chairman from his geopolitical zone as reasons for his resignation.

According to him, this is coming two months after he first attempted to quit the role through the PDP BoT WhatsApp platform.

He added that he temporarily suspended the action because the BoT leadership intervened.

“You may recall that about two months ago, I had resigned as Secretary of the Board and posted same on the Board’s WhatsApp platform,” Makarfi wrote in the letter on Monday.

Makarfi further stressed that Wabara intervened, asking him to stay on pending the conclusion of the PDP’s national convention.

The ex-Kaduna state governor maintained that his decision was guided by a long-held conviction that both the BoT Secretary and the National Chairman of the party should not originate from the same geopolitical zone.

A caucus of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disregard “purported notice” of congress.

The National Secretary, Mr Oginni Sunday, who belongs to the NNPP faction loyal to its Founder and Chairman Board of Trustees, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, made the call while addressing a news conference in Abuja on Friday.

Sunday said that the proposed convention letter which was signed on-behalf of Rabiu Kwankwaso-led movement, which he described as a pressure group within the party, was an affront to the FCT High Court judgment delivered on April 3.

He said that drawing from the recent High Court judgment on suit No. FCT/HC/CV/5518/2024, the two signatories to the letter, Dr Ahmed Ajuji and Dipo Olayoku, were “meddlesome interloper s” on NNPP matter.

He said that the judgment of the FCT High Court had long settled the issue of the proposed convention.

“Permit me to use this medium to make it known to Nigerians and the international community that Ajuji and his factional group instituted a case in the High Court of FCT on Dec. 16, 2024, to stop the lawful Congress and convention of NNPP initiated by Aniebonam led NNPP BoT.

“This judgment of stopping the lawful convention was delivered by the Abia State High Court on November 1, 2024, with Suit No. HUZ/11/2024.

“It is also a statement of fact that the FCT High Court in a judgment delivered by His Lordship, Justice M.A.Hassan on April 3 dismissed the case instituted by the Ajuji-led faction group of Kwankwaso against Aniebonam-led NNPP.

“Consequently, the Ajuji-led group by the effect of the FCT Court judgment of the April 3 are the judgment’s debtors while Chief Aniebonam led NNPP becomes the judgment’s creditors,” Sunday said.

He stated that it was therefore shocking and unbelievable that despite the fact that the judgment was never appealed against, Ajuji and Olayoku had the effrontery to write INEC to conduct an illegal fresh convention and congress.

Sunday described the action as total defiance to the December 2024 and January 2025 valid congress and convention of Aniebonam led executives of NNPP who were the judgment’s creditors.

He said that a letter had been submitted to INEC to distance itself from the Congress, hoping that the commission would act swiftly.

Recall that on April 3, Justice Hassan dismissed a suit filed by a faction loyal to Kwankwaso, which sought to challenge the legitimacy of the party’s current leadership under Aniebonam and National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major.

The case, filed by Ajuji and 20 others, aimed to invalidate the authority of the NNPP’s Board of Trustees and its executive leadership, including NNPP factional National Secretary, Oginni Olaposi; Deputy National Chairman, Chief Felix Chukwurah; and legal practitioner, Tony Obioha.

The claimants had asked the court to restrain these officials from convening meetings, conducting congresses, or presiding over the party’s national convention, arguing that they had been expelled from the NNPP.

However, Justice Hassan ruled that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit, affirming that internal party disputes—such as leadership and membership issues—are beyond judicial intervention.

The elders’ caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has appealed to governorship hopefuls to exercise patience before obtaining nomination forms for the 2026 election.

In a statement signed by its Chairman, Elder Sola Akinwumi on Friday, the caucus said it had received the report of its Adhoc Committee on the forthcoming governorship poll.

According to the statement, the body has constituted a Screening Committee tasked with evaluating all aspirants within a specified period.

It added that aspirants should wait for the committee to complete its assignment.

“All the aspirants were urged to exercise patience in obtaining the prescribed forms by the party until the Screening Committee submits its report to this body,” the caucus said.

The statement further advised party stakeholders “to remain committed to the APC as preparations intensify ahead of the election.”

The APC has fixed its governorship primary for December 13, 2025, ahead of the August 8, 2026 state poll.

About 13 aspirants are seeking the party’s ticket, including Bola Oyebamiji, Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Senator Iyiola Omisore, former Deputy Governor of the state, and Senator Babajide Omoworare, former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business.

Other contenders are Dotun Babayemi, former Deputy Governor Benedict Alabi, Dr Peter Babalola, Akin Ogunbiyi, and legal practitioner Kunle Adegoke.

Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, member representing Kiru/Bebeji constituency in the House of Representatives has officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) along with his colleague, Rt. Hon. Sagir Koki, who represents Kano Municipal and its surroundings.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, Jibrin wrote, “Today, I officially joined the APC with my brother, Rt. Hon. Sagir Koki, member representing Kano Municipal and its environs.”

He said they received a warm reception at the House of Representatives from top political figures, including the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin; senior officials of both the Senate and the House; the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda; and former APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

“I extend my special appreciation to the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, GCON, and other senior officials, members, and senators for the warm welcome,” he said.

“We will continue to work together in service to our nation with dedication and commitment.”

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to continue giving his political opponents sleepless nights.

Wike said his opponents in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Progressives Congress, APC, or in African Democratic Congress, ADC, will have sleepless nights as long as he is on the side of the law.

The Minister disclosed this on Thursday at a media briefing shortly after the FCT Executive Committee meeting.

He made the comment while defending his outburst with a Naval officer, Lieutenant AM Yerima during a land dispute in Gaduwa area of Abuja.

The plot of land which was allocated for Parks and Recreation was being altered by the owner, a former Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo (retd).

Efforts by officials of the FCT Administration to stopped workers from illegally converting the land from the original allocation failed as military officers were drafted to the site and prevented them from carrying out their duty.

Aggrieved by this move, Wike stormed the site in company of his team but they were prevented from having access to the property by the Yerima and the military officers.

The action of Yerima and the military officers led to a heated argument with Wike and the situation had since degenerated into a national outrage.

However, Wike said: “I have no regret of my political opponents, I will continue to make them have sleepless nights, whether you are in PDP, APC, or ADC.

“I have no regrets, in as much as I know that I’m standing by the law, if you like bring any ethnicity and colouration, it’s your business.”

The North West chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Youth League has disowned a group claiming to be a coalition of APC support groups in Kebbi State.

The group described the coalition as “unregistered and unrecognized,” saying it has no standing within the party’s structure.

Speaking during a press briefing in Kaduna, the league’s national coordinator, Comrade Aliyu Suleiman, said the coalition does not exist in the APC hierarchy at the ward, local government, state, or national levels.

According to him, the coalition has never participated in party activities or grassroots mobilization.

He accused the group of attempting to exploit the name of Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, for personal interests.

The youth league also reaffirmed its support for Senator Bagudu and urged APC members in Kebbi State to remain united behind Governor Nasir Idris.

Suleiman cautioned against actions capable of creating division within the party, saying unity was necessary to strengthen the APC in Kebbi and the North West.

The press conference was attended by officials of the North West APC Youth League and some political observers.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Ejiofor Onyia, says the party’s convention must hold to elect new leaders and restore its former glory.

Onyia made this statement on Wednesday while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television monitored

DAILY POST reports that the PDP has in recent time been ravaged by various internal political wranglings.

The party is split into two factions- one loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and chaired by Abdulrahman Mohammed, while the second is chaired by Umar Damagum.

“The convention will hold. Remember when we were having the issue of Secretaryship and there were court cases from all corners until the Supreme Court ruled that the courts were overstepping their bounds that they have no business in the internal affairs of the party.

“We should predicate our actions on the Supreme Court’s decision. The convention holds this weekend. We are heading to the convention, which holds this weekend in Ibadan.

“We will elect the next set of executives who will take over leadership and restore the PDP to its former glory,” he said.