November 3, 2025
This is not the best of times for the major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, as the leadership crisis within threatens to tear the party apart amid it preparations for its National Elective Convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Security operatives on Monday, shortly after Abdulrahman Mohammed assumed office as Acting National Chairman, sealed off both the party’s National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza and the Legacy House, headquarters of the National Convention Organising Committee.
Armed police officers arrived at the Wadata Plaza headquarters in the early hours, ordering staff and journalists to vacate before locking the gates and taking up positions around the complex.
Within an interval, another team of policemen shut down the Legacy House in Maitama, thereby paralysing operations at the two key centres of the PDP.
Attempt by journalists to gain access to the Legacy House was rubuffed by police personnel on duty that they hadl “standing instruction from above” not to allow anyone entry.
The security clampdown has heightened tension nationwide. It came just hours after Mohammed’s controversial emergence as Acting Chairman, a development that has further widened the cracks within the party’s National Working Committee, NWC.
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Insid sources, said the heavy security presence was a pre-emptive measure to avert possible clashes between rival factions.
“There were intelligence reports suggesting both camps might attempt to occupy the building at the same time.”
Mohammed’s takeover, was reportedly backed by a section of the NWC loyal to a former South-South governor, followed days of intense lobbying and behind-the-scenes manoeuvres. His camp accuses the ousted leadership of high-handedness, while he has promised to restore order and reposition the PDP ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Tension escalated further in the afternoon when PDP staff staged a walkout from the secretariat, protesting what they described as “total confusion” over the rival leadership claims. They vowed not to resume work until the crisis is resolved.
As of time of filing this report, both the Wadata Plaza and Legacy House remained under lock and key, with armed operatives around the complex.
