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<p>The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has established a six-member committee to mediate between the party&#8217;s warring factions. This initiative comes in response to escalating tensions regarding the PDP&#8217;s national leadership.</p>
<p>Under the leadership of its Chairman, former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, the BoT also moved to reaffirm the position of Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, confirming him as the acting National Chairman and the authentic head of the National Working Committee (NWC).</p>
<p>The move came two days after a faction of the NWC, loyal to Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammed and backed by National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu, briefly took control of the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.</p><div class="oIPH64bc" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>In a communiqué issued after its meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the BoT described itself as “the conscience of the party,” saying it would not take sides but remain focused on safeguarding the PDP’s integrity and fostering dialogue.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The decision for reconciliation is not a sign of weakness, but a demonstration of maturity and responsibility,” the communiqué stated.</p>
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<p>The BoT said it had constituted a high-powered reconciliation committee to restore unity as the party prepares for its elective national convention scheduled for November 15–16 in Ibadan, Oyo State.</p>
<p>The committee, tagged the BoT Reconciliation Committee, comprises Ambassador Hassan Adamu (North East) as chairman; Chief Mike Oghiadomhe (South South), secretary; Chief Ugochukwu Okeke (South East); Senator Zaynab Kure (North Central); Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (South West); and Dr Lubna Mohammed Gusau (North West).</p>
<p>Wabara said the committee was mandated to report back to the BoT on Tuesday, November 11, for further action.</p>
<p>The communiqué reaffirmed that the PDP “remains a united, formidable and focused political party” under Damagum’s leadership and commended the NWC, the PDP Governors’ Forum, and the National Convention Organising Committee for their “collective roles in stabilising the party.”</p>
<p>It also welcomed the recent ruling of the Oyo State High Court, presided over by Justice A. L. Akintola, which affirmed the PDP’s constitutional right to manage its internal affairs and hold its convention as planned.</p>
<p>&#8220;This landmark ruling is a victory for democracy, rule of law and political development in our country,” the BoT said, while expressing concern that “the invasion of our national secretariat and other regrettable incidents are not reflective of the ideals and character of the PDP.”</p>
<p>Anyanwu rejects BoT reconciliation move</p>
<p>However, National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu dismissed the BoT’s reconciliation initiative, describing the Abuja meeting as “a gathering of friends.”</p>
<p>Anyanwu argued that no valid BoT meeting could be held without his participation as the party’s National Secretary.</p>
<p>&#8220;Any BoT meeting that I did not attend is not legally convened,” he said.</p>
<p>Addressing journalists after the factional Chairman, Abdulrahman Muhammed, held a separate press conference, Anyanwu accused Damagum of deploying thugs to attack him at the PDP secretariat.</p>
<p>He alleged that the national secretariat was locked due to the crisis and claimed the Federal High Court in Abuja, not the Oyo State High Court, had jurisdiction over the matter.</p>
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