PDP: Wike Faction Alleges Plot To Obtain Court Order To Stop National Convention

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike-backed faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged the plot by another faction of the party led by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, to stop its upcoming National Convention.

The Convention, according to the Wike faction is slated for March 29, 2026.

The allegation was made on Sunday during a press conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital  by the National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, of the Wike backed National Caretaker Working Committee, NWC.

According to the Mohammed, the Makinde faction is planning to obtain a restraining order from an Ibadan court to stop the Convention from going ahead.

His allegation comes amidst ongoing reconciliation moves by some top leaders of the party to end the protracted leadership crisis in Nigeria’s former ruling party, following a recent Court of Appeal judgment nullifying the National Convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, last December by the Makinde Faction of the party.

The Wike’s faction has insisted that the judgment is in its favour as it pressed on with its planned National Convention coming up this week.

The faction has however accused the other group of plans to truncate its efforts to organize the Convention as planned, despite the legitimacy it received from the court as the authentic leadership of the party.

“Let it be clearly stated that the position of the courts on the leadership of the PDP remains unequivocal. The judgments of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal have affirmed the legitimacy and authority of the National Caretaker Working Committee as the body duly recognised to steer the affairs of the party at this time,” Mohammed said.

Meanwhile, the Makinde faction has responded to the allegation saying the other faction is only trying to frustrate ongoing conciliatory by some well-meaning leaders in the party  efforts by raising false allegations.

While responding on behalf of the Makinde faction, its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong said the Wike faction is only crying wolf where there’s none.