A Umar Sani has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as “an orphan,” saying the party is currently not being driven by any leadership bloc.
Sani made the remarks on Wednesday during an appearance on The Morning Show on Arise Television. He noted that the PDP’s main challenge is no longer the threat of missing elections but restoring its internal structure, unity, and clear direction.
He explained that the authority claimed by allies of Nyesom Wike to constitute the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) had been nullified by the court. According to Sani, the Court of Appeal ruled that those members were under suspension at the time and thus lacked legitimacy to perform official party functions.
Sani said:
“The issue we have tried to face now is not the existential threat of not participating in the election but trying to put the soul of the party in a proper shape and form. As it is now, the party is just standing. It is a stand-alone party, not driven by any side.
The authority which the Nyesom Wike people said they had, and with which they had formed all their board of trustees and NEC, was quashed because the court maintained and affirmed that those people were under suspension at that time and could not have performed any legitimate function of the party.
So the party is left with no other alternative than to reconcile, and that reconciliation, to me, will be best with the advice of the Ibadan Court of Appeal, where it says we should go and sit down, look at the list, adjust the things, and then bring them, and then they will adopt it and pass it as a judgment, because it is agreeable to both parties.”
Sani’s comments underscore the ongoing struggle within the PDP to unify its factions and restore effective leadership following a series of legal rulings and internal disputes.
