The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party took a different dimension on Saturday when the faction of the party led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, took over the control of the PDP national secretariat in Abuja after the police reopened it.
The PDP has been embroiled in a lingering internal crisis that culminated in a breakdown of order at its National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on November 18, 2025, when a faction of the National Working Committee led by Turaki (SAN), and supported by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, clashed with the rival Abdulrahman Mohammed-led faction aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
After months of legal tussles, the Court of Appeal, on March 9, ruled in favour of the Wike-backed camp, invalidating the November 16 Ibadan convention endorsed by the governors.
About five months later, the Mohammed-led PDP faction, aligned with Wike, announced on Saturday that the police had unsealed both the Wadata Plaza and Legacy House national offices of the party in Abuja.
But irked by the action of the PDP faction, the Kabiru Taminu Turaki-led faction of the PDP, described the takeover of the secretariat based on a court order on a matter as a disposition of national institutions to bias.
Confirming the development in a statement on Saturday, the National Working Committee, led by Abdulrahman Mohammed, through its National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Mohammed, warned that it would not tolerate any action capable of causing obstruction, disruption, or breach of peace at the secretariat.
The PDP has been engulfed in a prolonged internal crisis, which escalated into a breakdown of law and order at its national headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on November 18, when a faction of the National Working Committee led by Tanimu Turaki (SAN) and backed by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, clashed with the Wike-aligned Mohammed-led faction.
