-Dismisses Wabara’s purported expulsion
UMUAHIA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abia State chapter, has backed the decision of the party’s Board of Trustees led by Senator Adolphus Wabara to fill the leadership gap in the party following Thursday’s Supreme Court’s judgment that voided the 2025 Ibadan Convention.
The apex court judgment nullified the convention that produced the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee NWC; and also upheld the suspension of former National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, alongside other key officers, thus creating a leadership vacuum in the former ruling party.
Abia PDP dismissed as baseless, claims that the party’s BoT Chairman, Senator Wabara, was expelled from the party.
Chairman of the Abia PDP Caretaker Committee, Ikpegbu Emeka-Yellow, made the clarification while reacting to a statement by Elder Abraham Amah, claiming that Wabara was expelled.
Emeka-Yellow said the purported expulsion of Wabara was not only overturned by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) but also invalidated by the courts.
He further argued that Amah lacked the authority to take such action, “having ceased to be the Abia PDP Chairman before the purported expulsion”.
“The claim that Senator Wabara was expelled is false and legally untenable. The National Working Committee had since disowned and reversed that decision, while the court equally voided it.”
He hailed the Supreme Court ruling, describing it as a decisive blow against what he termed “political rascality” within the party.
“The judgment has laid to rest attempts by some elements to destabilise the PDP. It reinforces the supremacy of the law—no one can exercise powers they do not possess,” he said.
Despite the nullification of the Ibadan Convention, Emeka-Yellow described the court’s affirmation of the suspension of some party officials as a major victory.
He expressed confidence in the BoT’s intervention, noting that it had stabilised the party by stepping in to fill the leadership vacuum.
“The party is now anchored on the Board of Trustees under Senator Wabara. This is the legitimate leadership for now, pending the emergence of a new leadership structure,” he added.
The PDP chieftain urged party members to remain calm and avoid distractions, assuring that the party would participate fully in the 2027 general elections.
He also maintained that the congress which produced Amah “had been nullified by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, rendering his claims and actions invalid.”
“As it stands, Amah is no longer the PDP Chairman in Abia. The courts have been clear on this. Any claim he makes to that effect should be disregarded,” Emeka-Yellow stated.
He disclosed that steps were underway to formalise the party’s leadership structàure, with the BoT expected to convene and initiate processes that would lead to the constitution of an interim leadership through the National Executive Committee (NEC).
Reaffirming the PDP’s resilience, Emeka-Yellow said the party remained “the mother of all political parties” in Nigeria and could not be undermined by internal or external forces.
He thanked the judiciary for what he described as restoring confidence in Nigeria’s democracy, insisting that the Supreme Court verdict had effectively ended the lingering leadership crisis within the party.
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