Party Shake-Up: PDP Leadership Bloc Gives Nod To New NWC, Turaki

Statutory bodies and influential leadership blocs within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have thrown their full support behind the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), signaling a significant consolidation move following the party’s 2025 National Convention in Ibadan.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

This demonstration of unity is set to unfold through a series of high-level solidarity meetings scheduled in Abuja over the coming days.

According to a statement signed by the National Organizing Secretary, Theophilus Dakas Shan, the mobilized party structures include PDP State Chairmen, National Assembly Caucuses (Senate and House of Representatives), National Ex-Officio members, as well as forums of former governors, ministers, and past NWC officials.

The PDP outlined a timetable of strategic engagements aimed at strengthening party cohesion and charting a fresh direction for the opposition. The key meetings are as follows: on Wednesday, the NWC will hold separate sessions with PDP state chairmen, House of Representatives members, and National Ex-Officio members. Former governors, ex-ministers, and past NWC members will meet the new leadership on December 16, while the Senate Caucus will convene with the NWC on December 17.

Shan emphasized that these engagements are pivotal to the NWC’s efforts to stabilize the party and set a renewed course following the successful 2025 National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.

During the Wednesday session, the NWC will also formally 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 inaugurated a 24-member Osun State Governorship Appeal Panel to examine all appeals from the state’s recent primary election ahead of the 2026 governorship poll.

The panel, chaired by National Chairman Tanimu Turaki with Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja as Secretary, is set to meet on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Bauchi Governors Lodge, Tatari Ali House, Asokoro, Abuja. The party mandated that the panel operate strictly in accordance with the PDP Constitution (2025, as amended), the Electoral Guidelines for Party Primaries, and the Electoral Act, 2022.