The Digest:
A PDP faction supported by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has dissolved the party’s National Working Committee and inaugurated a 13-member caretaker panel.
Key Points
- The caretaker committee was inaugurated at a NEC meeting held at Wike’s residence.
- The panel, chaired by Abdulrahman Mohammed, will manage party affairs for 60 days.
- The move comes as the tenure of the PDP NWC elected in 2021 expires on Tuesday.
- A rival faction led by Governors Bala Mohammed and Seyi Makinde expelled Wike last month.
- The Wike faction has since formed parallel NWC, BoT, and NEC structures.
- In retaliation, the Wike group expelled members of the Makinde-Turaki faction.
- The deepening split threatens the PDP’s cohesion ahead of future elections.
As parallel structures emerge and expulsions multiply, the PDP’s internal war reveals a party not just divided, but actively dismantling itself from within, one factional move at a time.
Sources: The Cable, PDP
