Sunday November 16, 2025
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to have sunk deeper into crisis after the Damagum led faction made good its threat to proceed with the party’s National Convention in Ibadan yesterday.
The faction wielded the big stick, expelling Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose, the party’s national secretary Samuel Anyanwu and its national legal adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN).
But two state governors elected on the platform of the party-Adamu Fintiri (Adamawa) and Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) immediately dissociated themselves from the expulsion.
They said no one discussed the move with them, wondering how the expulsion would help the party.
Fayose was at the time of his expulsion on Saturday celebrating his 65th birthday in Lagos.
Also axed were the PDP National Organising Secretary Umar Bature, Acting National Chairman of the Wike faction of the party, Mohammed Abdulrahman, Chairman of the faction’s newly inaugurated Board of Trustees (BoT) Mao Ohuabunwa, Austin Nwachukwu, George Turner, Abraham Amali and Dan Orbih.
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were not at the event, apparently in obedience to two rulings of the Federal High Court, Abuja to keep off.
Several prominent members of the party were also not in attendance.
Among them were former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido.
Saraki had warned that the convention would serve no purpose and declared that he would not be there.
Lamido had also said he would not be in attendance following alleged decision of the party to block him from purchasing nomination form for the position of national chairman.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday halted the convention and ordered that Lamido be accommodated in the election process.
Also absent yesterday were Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, who was said to be outside the country; Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara; Minority leader in the Senate Abba Moro and Minority leader in the House of Representatives Linda Chinda.
Besides the expulsion, the convention also dissolved the executives of the party in Rivers, Abia, Imo, Plateau and Enugu states, perceived to be in control of Wike’s supporters.
