Turaki-Led PDP NEC Meets Jonathan Amid Party Leadership Crisis

The Peoples Democratic Party’s national working committee, headed by Kabiru Turaki, is meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja.

The meeting is taking place at Jonathan’s office in Maitama, the nation’s capital, and while the details of the discussion have not been disclosed, sources suggest it concerns the party’s leadership tussle and the broader state of the nation.

The PDP has been embroiled in internal conflict since November, when a faction backed by governors, including Bauchi State’s Bala Mohammed and Oyo State’s Seyi Makinde, held a convention that elected a new national working committee with Turaki as chairman.

During that convention, the party expelled FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and several of his allies, including former Oyo State governor Ayodele Fayose, ex-national secretary Samuel Anyanwu, former national organising secretary Umar Bature, former legal adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade, ex-lawmaker Mao Ohuabunwa, former Imo PDP chairman Austin Nwachukwu, former Abia PDP chairman Amah Nnanna Abraham, former national vice-chairman (south-south) Dan Orbih, and Turnah George.

Rejecting the expulsion, Wike’s faction set up a parallel national working committee, board of trustees, and national executive committee. In retaliation, the Makinde-aligned faction also expelled members loyal to Wike, deepening the party’s leadership crisis.