A court hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognize the interim national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party installed by the Senator Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees was adjourned after multiple parties filed applications to join the proceedings, reflecting the continuing complexity of the dispute that had split the party’s national structures since the Supreme Court nullified the November 2025 Ibadan Convention.
The Wabara-led Board had responded to the Supreme Court ruling by installing an Interim National Working Committee led by Tanimu Turaki to run party affairs pending fresh elections, but INEC’s website continued to display the officials who emerged from the party’s March 2026 Abuja convention rather than the Turaki-led interim body. The suit was filed by a group of BoT members and PDP officials seeking a court order compelling INEC to update its records.
When the matter came before Justice Salim Ibrahim, a separate lawyer appeared to announce representation for the PDP as eighth plaintiff and indicated the party intended to distance itself from the suit, claiming it had never authorized the proceedings. Lawyers representing the PDP’s current national officers under the Abuja convention, including National Chairman Mohammed Abdulrahman, National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu, and National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade, also sought joinder as defendants alongside other named individuals. The judge adjourned to June 30 to hear all pending applications.
