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Tension At PDP Headquarters As Pro-Wike Faction Takes Over Secretariat After Appointing Chairman Abdulrahman

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3 months ago

November 3, 2025

This development comes amid a deepening internal crisis that has split the main opposition party into rival camps loyal to Wike and those aligned with key party leaders opposing his growing influence.

There is tension at Wadata Plaza, the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, following moves by a faction loyal to Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, to take over control of the party’s national secretariat.

The Wike-backed faction on Monday announced the appointment of Muhammed Abdulrahman Mohammed as the Acting National Chairman of the party, in what appears to be a direct challenge to the authority of the Umar Damagum-led National Working Committee (NWC).

Meanwhile, the Damagum-led NWC had earlier suspended National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and several other officials perceived to be loyal to Wike.

But in a swift retaliatory move, the Wike faction announced the suspension of Damagum and some top members of the NWC, naming Abdulrahman Mohammed as acting chairman.

Addressing journalists at the PDP’s FCT office, Abdulrahman Mohammed accused the party’s leadership of derailing from its founding vision and vowed to reposition the opposition party.

“We are all aware of the current pitiable state of our glorious party because of the actions and inactions of our leaders and members,” he said.

“From being the ruling party for 16 uninterrupted years to being an opposition party for over 10 years now at the national level, from being a formidable opposition to a now humbled opposition owing to the unexplainable, unconscionable defections of Governors, Legislators and Council Chairmen, et al.”

Mohammed said he accepted the position of acting chairman “through the mercy of God and the instrumentality of very critical stakeholders of this party,” pledging to “heal the party’s wounds, end factionalisation, and make the PDP law-abiding again.”

Shortly after the briefing, Mohammed and his supporters reportedly moved into the PDP national secretariat to address loyalists and assert control.

However, supporters of Umar Damagum also gathered at the complex, prompting security agencies to deploy heavily armed personnel to forestall a possible clash.

At least 10 Hilux vans loaded with police operatives stationed around the Wadata Plaza premises were observed as tensions continued to mount, according to Daily Trust.

The PDP crisis, which has simmered since the 2023 general elections, has now escalated into an open power struggle between the pro-Wike bloc and the mainstream party leadership, threatening to paralyse the opposition’s preparations ahead of the 2027 elections.

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Nyesom Wike wishes de@th on any politician supporting ‘’betrayers’

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57 minutes ago

February 7, 2026

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FCT Minister and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has said that any senator, House of Representatives Member, Minister, or governor who supports betrayers will suffer betrayal in their lives and that such person will join their creator when they experience their own betrayal.

Wike who is currently in a running battle with his godson and incumbent governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, said this while speaking at a public function in the state today February 6.

Speaking to the crowd at the public function, Wike said

‘’Wether you are a Senator, House of Reps member, a Minister or Governor, and you support betrayers, people will continue to betray you in life. You see people who betray and support them, betrayal is your portion! Betrayal is your portion! and that day you will not have mouth to say anything and there you will collapse and there you will go and they will announce such person has died because that is the seed you have planted because whatever you plant, you reap and so since you are sowing betrayal, betrayal will always follow you.

Watch! Every governor who is doing his second term and has ambition to put a successor and is supporting betrayals, you will never survive it. Betrayal will follow you. From the day your successor comes in. My own took so many months, your own will start immediately the person has been inaugurated. That is what the gods of the land have told me to tell all of you’’

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How Buhari shocked me 6 months into his administration – Oyegun

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6 hours ago

February 7, 2026

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Chairman, Policy Manifesto Committee of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, John Odigie-Oyegun, says former president Muhammadu Buhari gave him the shock of his life, six months into his administration as Nigeria’s leader.

Oyegun made this disclosure on Friday when he featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

He revealed that as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he went to tell Buhari that he was not delivering his election promises to Nigerians but that the late president told him he would not rule with strictness, but rather wanted to show Nigerians that he is a true civilian president.

The former APC National Chairman lamented that it became business as usual, from there.

“I was national chairman of the APC. Six months or less into our assuming office, fairly alarmed, I went to the late President Buhari for a one-on-one talk. I said Mr President, this is not what the people were expecting. They wanted a bit of the old president Buhari.

“And he explained to me, Mr Chairman, I have learned my lesson. I was shocked. And don’t forget at that time, a lot of prominent Nigerians took their holidays abroad, just to be sure and see what this new sheriff in town will be.

“Buhari told me he wants to now show the people that he’s a true civilian president in Agbada. And by the time we finished the conversation, I said Oh God, we are finished. Because, if he’s not ready to be strict, what’s the point?

“Weeks later, months later, years later, I was proven correct. And of course, it became business as usual, only that they are a new set of tenants in Aso Rock. That was a shocker,” he said.

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Electoral Reform: Dino alleges senate’s plot to rig 2027 election

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1 day ago

February 6, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Former lawmaker, Dino Melaye Esq, has raised concerns over the Senate’s reported rejection of the electronic transmission of election results.

The move, according to Melaye, is a clear endorsement of election rigging and an indication of a sinister plan to rig the 2027 elections.

In a statement on Friday, the former lawmaker criticized the Senate’s decision, stating that it undermines the credibility of the electoral process.

The African Democratic Congress, ADC chieftain, also stated that the move opens the door for electoral manipulation and fraud.

He further warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of results is a step backwards for democracy in Nigeria.

Melaye called on lawmakers and citizens to stand up against “this blatant attempt to undermine the will of the people and ensure that future elections are free, fair, and transparent”.