The Board of Trustees (BoT) has taken over direct leadership responsibilities after the Supreme Court ruling, nullifying the Ibadan convention of the Tanimu Turaki faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The BoT said its decision was on consonance with the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP (As amended in 2017).
Chairman of the BoT, Adolphus Wabara led the take over a few hours after the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki went into a meeting into the night in Abuja with the Board of Trustees (BoT), the PDP Governors’ Forum, members of the National Assembly Caucus, the National Executive Committee (NEC), the National Caucus, State Chairmen, and Ex-Officio members in attendance.
According to Wabara who was a Senate President, the intervention of the BoT is to avoid leadership vacuum at the national level of the party after the apex court judgment.
“Sadly, the Supreme Court delivered an unpleasant judgment against our party in which it pronounced an invalidation of the 15th to 16th November 2025 National Convention of the PDP held in Ibadan, Oyo State, which produced the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of our Party.
“While the Supreme Court invalidated the Ibadan Convention, it also in a unanimous decision of the five justices on the panel, upheld the suspension of Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umar Bature, Kamaldeen Ajibade as National Secretary, National Organizing Secretary and National Legal Adviser respectively from the party.
“The implication of today’s (Thursday) judgment by the Supreme Court is that all actions taken by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umar Bature and Barr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, including the appointment of Abdulrahman Mohammed, as acting National Chairman, the composition of the National Caretaker Working Committee and the conduct and outcome of the March 29th, 2026 Convention in Abuja are illegal, null and ab initio void.
“The consequential invalidation of both the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led as well as the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led Working Committees directly places the statutory onus of leadership of our great party on the shoulders of the Board of Trustees (BoT) as the Second Highest Organ of the Party, pursuant to the express and unambiguous provision of Section 32 (5) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).
“Against this backdrop, the BoT hereby immediately assumes responsibility of the national working leadership of the PDP as immediate constitutional remedial steps to foster genuine reconciliation, salvage, stabilize and return the party to good political health.”
The BoT chairman , therefore ordered all staff of the PDP to resume at the national secretariat of the party under the leadership of the BoT ahead of the appointment of the Interim National Working Committee.
The BoT praised Governors Bala Mohammed and Seyi Makinde, the National Assembly caucus and all stakeholders for standing strong for the party.
