Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to remain calm amid the ongoing crisis rocking the party at the national level, describing the dispute as a “family affair.”
Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, said stakeholders were working tirelessly to resolve the crisis and restore the PDP’s unity and strength ahead of the 2026 elections.
He stated, “I urge all members of our party, the PDP, to remain calm and steadfast. We are cruising to victory next year, and we must remain committed to rebuilding this party for another landslide victory. The disagreement at the national level is a family affair that will soon be resolved.”
The governor also directed party leaders across local governments and wards in the state to intensify mobilisation efforts, describing the PDP as “the party to beat.”
Meanwhile, former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Olabode George, has condemned the invasion of the party’s national secretariat in Abuja by security operatives, describing it as a “dangerous affront to democracy and the rule of law.”
Addressing journalists at his Ikoyi office in Lagos, George decried what he called “brigandage,” allegedly carried out in concert with a minority faction of the party.
“This action undermines public confidence, threatens national stability, and sends a dangerous signal to the international community about the state of democracy in Nigeria,” George said. “The deployment of uniformed personnel into the private chambers of a political party is a direct assault on democratic values and freedom of association.”
Meanwhile, the faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has faulted the ex-parte order issued by the Oyo State High Court stopping the party’s national convention.
Acting National Chairman of the faction, Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, argued that the state court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders involving a federal institution like the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Mohammed said the faction had filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking judicial interpretation of Justice James Omotosho’s October 31 judgment and its implications for INEC-related processes.
He announced the suspension of the PDP national convention earlier scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, pending the appellate court’s ruling, and confirmed that INEC had been formally notified not to monitor the event.
“It is a nullity in law that an ex-parte order can stand without putting the other side on notice,” Mohammed said. “We have petitioned the National Judicial Council over the errors in Justice Akintola’s ruling, and we are challenging the order as an abuse of the court process.”