The Abdulrahman Mohammed-led National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed March 28 and March 29 for the party’s national convention, scheduled to hold in Abuja.
The party disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of its 105th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Monday night.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the communiqué was read by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Haruna Mohammed, after the meeting held at the official residence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, in Abuja.
The communiqué, signed by Mohammed and the National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, also announced that ward and local government congresses would be held in February, while state congresses would take place in March.
According to the communiqué, the NEC directed the NCC, in collaboration with the National Organising Secretary and other relevant organs of the party, to issue detailed guidelines, notices and modalities for the conduct of the congresses.
It stressed that all activities must be carried out in strict compliance with the PDP Constitution, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regulations, and subsisting judicial directives.
The NEC unanimously reconfirmed, ratified and reaffirmed all resolutions and decisions reached at the party’s 104th emergency NEC meeting held on Dec. 7, 2025.
“All actions taken pursuant to the 104th NEC resolutions remain binding, lawful and operative, having been taken in strict compliance with the PDP Constitution (as amended), the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Electoral Act, and relevant judicial pronouncements,” the communiqué stated.
The NEC also welcomed and affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, which upheld the legality of the party’s leadership and administrative structure and directed INEC to recognise the duly constituted caretaker committee.
It resolved that all party organs, members and stakeholders must continue to act in obedience to existing court judgments and judicial directives.
The committee, therefore, urged INEC and all relevant institutions to fully comply with the judgment in the interest of democracy and constitutional order.
The NEC further reaffirmed the legitimacy, authority and mandate of the Mohammed-led NCC, with Anyanwu as Secretary, describing it as the only lawful national administrative organ of the party, empowered to function as the National Working Committee (NWC) pending the national convention.
It also affirmed the extension of the tenure of the National Caretaker Working Committee (NCWC), as well as affected state and zonal caretaker committees, pending the conduct of the national convention and congresses.
The NEC mandated the NCC to immediately activate Convention Sub-Committees and commence full logistical, administrative and consultative preparations to ensure a transparent, inclusive and credible convention.
The party finally urged its members, stakeholders and supporters across the country and in the diaspora to remain steadfast, law-abiding and committed to the ideals of the PDP.