The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn on Sunday as the faction of the Board of Trustees (BoT) led by former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, announced plans to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to appoint a caretaker committee to run the affairs of the party.

Wabara disclosed this at the 84th meeting of his factional BoT held in Abuja, stating that the group had secured the consent of two-thirds of NEC members to hold the meeting scheduled for Monday.

The move, according to him, is part of efforts to stabilise the party following the Supreme Court judgment delivered on April 30, which nullified the 2025 national convention that produced the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN).

Wabara said the apex court’s verdict had effectively stripped the party of a valid NWC, thereby necessitating the intervention of the BoT to prevent a leadership vacuum.

“The Board immediately assumed administrative leadership of the party in line with the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017),” he said, noting that the action averted a total collapse of the party’s structure in the aftermath of the judgment.

He explained that the proposed NEC meeting would deliberate on the implications of the court ruling and take “crucial decisions” aimed at rescuing the PDP from its current challenges.

The meeting, it was gathered, is expected to facilitate the appointment of a caretaker committee that would oversee the party’s affairs pending the conduct of a fresh national convention.

In attendance at the BoT meeting were former Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, who serves as secretary of the faction’s board of trustees; former chairman of the defunct NWC, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, and other key stakeholders aligned with the group.

Wabara used the occasion to justify the BoT’s assumption of administrative control, insisting that the body, as the conscience of the party, had a duty to restore credible leadership.

He also alleged that the party’s internal crisis was exacerbated by acts of sabotage by certain members allegedly working in concert with external forces to weaken the PDP ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Despite the turmoil, Wabara expressed optimism that the party would overcome its challenges, citing widespread support from members and sympathisers across the country.

“We have been receiving a flurry of solidarity messages from Nigerians whose belief in the PDP remains unshaken. This strengthens our resolve to lead the charge to rescue our nation,” he said.

He commended members of the dissolved NWC for what he described as their “patriotism, loyalty and resilience,” as well as governors, lawmakers and party faithful for standing firm during the crisis.