PDP Staff Pledge Allegiance To Turaki–led PDP

The management and staff of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peoples Democratic Institute (PDI) have pledged support to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki.

The PDP staff, numbering 76, stated this in a statement, reacting to the recent judgment of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, which annulled the party’s November national convention.

Some of the signees of the statement include,    Gambo Isa Gaude (Ag. Director Administration); Dr Edward Ugbada Adie (DG PDI); Nnorom Chinwe Ihuoma (Director, Const & Elect. Matters, PDI); Yusuf Ismail Alkali (Director Finance); Moyegun Adeyemi (Director Org/Mob).

Others are Gwebe Dan- Tekura (Director PDI); Anicho Okoro (Director Cabinet); Barr. Ibrahim Garba (Ag. Director Legal); Magaji Kabiru (Dep. Director Personnel); Ekpe Emmanuel Ikpai (Dep. Director Cabinet); Agape Kramer (Asst. Director, Foreign Chapter); Dr Udoaka Christopher  (Chief Security Officer); Pst. Ejeh Josephine (Asst Director, Audit); and Kanebi Scholastica (Asst Director Organisation).

The staff, while reaffirming their recognition, loyalty and allegiance to the Turaki-led NWC, said it was duly and legally elected at the party’s Ibadan National Convention on November 15-16, 2025.

“That we stand by the election of the National Working Committee and all other resolutions reached at the Ibadan National Convention as they are in the general interest of our party in the exercise of its supremacy over its internal affairs in line with the Constitution of the PDP and extant judgments of the Supreme Court.

“That the staff of the PDP, as custodians of the PDP Secretariat, will not align with or recognise any other unauthorised leadership apart from the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki SAN-led National Working Committee (NWC) because the leadership was validly elected at the National Convention sanctioned by all the legitimate organs of the Party,” they stated.

They said as custodians of the PDP National Secretariat,  they are aware that the immediate past NWC is “funtus officio” since their tenure has ended by effluxion of time, and therefore, no member of that NWC can lay claim to any office under any guise whatsoever.

They however commended the party’s leadership for swiftly filing an appeal and Stay of Execution which, according to them, puts the judgment by Justice Uche Agomoh in abeyance and retains the Turaki-led NWC as duly elected at the Ibadan Convention legally, validly and fully operational.

“We are optimistic that the appellate Court will set aside these judgments that are intended to reverse the gains we have made in our democratic journey as a Nation.”

The staff who raised concerns about the court judgement said, “As critical stakeholders in the Democratic process, we urge the National Judicial Council (NJC) to caution judges who are complicit in delivering judgments or issuing orders that make them appear as willing tools in the hands of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to cripple opposition and destroy our hard-earned democracy.

“The action of these judges of particular concern is eroding the confidence of Nigerians in the judiciary. Our fear is that when such confidence is eroded, citizens have the tendency to resort to self-help; a recipe for crisis in the country.

“We call on members of the PDP not to be fazed by the Judgment but remain resolute as our party takes firm steps to surmount all the huddles and reposition on the path of victory ahead of the 2027 general elections,” they stated.