A factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Mao Ohuabunwa, has dismissed his expulsion from the party, describing the action as illegitimate and the product of an “unauthorised” gathering.
In a statement issued on Monday by his media office, the former Abia Senator also rejected a meeting announced to be held at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, insisting that only the duly scheduled BoT meeting and the National Executive Committee session, fixed for Tuesday, would proceed as planned.
Ohuabunwa, who is aligned with the camp of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, described the just-concluded National Elective Convention of the party in Ibadan, Oyo State, as inconsequential.
“It is amusing for anyone to suggest that I, a founding father and current chairman of the conscience of our party, was expelled at a social gathering that some people are calling a convention,” he said.
He urged party members nationwide to remain calm, noting that several court rulings, including the Federal High Court orders barring the party from holding any convention, are awaiting determination at the Court of Appeal.
As earlier reported, the PDP, at its 2025 National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, elected the former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, as its new National Chairman, and a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Taofeek Arapaja, as the new National Secretary.
The party also expelled several high-profile members, including Wike, suspended National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu; former National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade; former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose; Imo PDP Chairman Austin Nwachukwu, among others, over alleged anti-party activities.
Meanwhile, two camps are planning separate meetings at the party’s national secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The Wike-backed group has scheduled an emergency BoT session for 11:00 a.m., while the NEC aligned with the party’s new National Working Committee is set to meet at 2:00 p.m. at the same venue.
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