Key leadership blocs and statutory organs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have thrown their support behind the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), marking a major consolidation effort following the party’s 2025 National Convention in Ibadan.
The show of unity will be reinforced through a series of high-level solidarity meetings scheduled to hold in Abuja in the coming days.
In a statement signed by National Organizing Secretary Theophilus Dakas Shan, the PDP confirmed that mobilized structures include: state chairmen, National Assembly caucuses (Senate and House of Representatives), national ex-officio members, and forums of former governors, ministers, and past NWC officials.
The party outlined a schedule of strategic engagements aimed at stabilizing the party and charting a new course for the opposition. Key meetings include:
- Wednesday, December 11: Separate sessions between the NWC and state chairmen, House of Representatives members, and national ex-officio members.
- December 16: Former governors, ministers, and ex-NWC members will meet the new leadership.
- December 17: The Senate caucus will hold its session with the NWC.
Shan emphasized that these engagements are crucial for consolidating the newly elected NWC’s efforts to stabilize the party and define its strategic direction after the successful 2025 National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.
During Wednesday’s session, the NWC will also officially present the Certificate of Return to Dr. Oluwole Oluyede, confirming him as the party’s flag-bearer for the Ekiti State governorship election, scheduled for June 20, 2026.
In a related development, the PDP has established a 24-member Osun State Governorship Appeal Panel to review appeals arising from the state’s recent primary election ahead of the 2026 governorship poll.
The panel will be chaired by National Chairman Tanimu Turaki, with Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja as Secretary, and is scheduled to sit on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Bauchi Governors Lodge, Tatari Ali House, Asokoro, Abuja.
The party directed that the panel operate strictly under the PDP Constitution (2025, as amended), the Electoral Guidelines for Party Primaries, and the Electoral Act, 2022.
