No Leadership Vacuum in PDP — Amah Insists, Says Sen Wabara Remains Expelled from Party

The party through its State Chairman in Abia, Elder Abraham Amah, said there is no leadership vacuum in the party as allegedly being spread by Senator Adolphus Wabara.

Briefing journalists at the Party’s Secretariat in Umuahia, Amah raised serious concern over the continued circulation of statements attributed to Senator Adolphus Wabara, alongside deliberate attempts to create a false narrative of a leadership vacuum within the party, even after the recent judgement of the Supreme Court.

Recall, that on April 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibadan convention held in November 2025. The 3-2 split decision upheld lower court rulings that the convention violated a court order restraining its conduct, alongside other verdicts.

Contrary to the claims being advanced, Amah disclosed that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria did not remove, dissolve, or invalidate the leadership of the Party, adding that no leadership vacuum exist in the PDP.

“As clearly stated by the National Publicity Secretary, the ruling addressed specific issues relating to a disputed convention. It did not pronounce on the removal, suspension, or replacement of duly recognized Party officers, nor did it create or imply any vacuum in the leadership structure of the PDP.

“The current leadership framework of the Party remains intact, functional, and firmly grounded in the Constitution”, he said.

The Abia State Party Chairman reaffirmed that there is no subsisting judgment of any competent court nullifying the leadership structure associated with Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed as National Chairman and Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary, stressing that existing judicial pronouncements recognizing this structure remain valid and binding, having not been set aside. “In law,a subsisting judgment retains full force and authority until overturned, and no such reversal exists”.

He further displaced the assertion that the Board of Trustees has assumed administrative control of the Party, which he described as legally baseless and constitutionally untenable.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Board of Trustees is an advisory and moral organ,not an executive authority.There is no provision within the PDP Constitution that empowers the BoT to assume or exercise the functions of the National Working Committee. This position has been clearly reinforced by the Party’s National Publicity Secretary and remains the authoritative interpretation of the Party’s constitutional framework”.

The Abia State chairman further disclosed that Sen Adolphus Wabara remains an expelled member of the Peoples Democratic Party and therefore, lacks legal standing or constitutional authority to speak for any organ of the party, as well as, the legitimacy to issue directives or assume leadership positions. Accordingly, his actions, statements, and claims are null, void, and of no effect.

He added that the narrative advanced by Senator Wabara represented a calculated effort to distort judicial pronouncements and mislead party members and the public.

Amah, however, urged party members to remain resolute and focused, stating that no amount of distortion, unauthorized declarations, or political mischief could override the clear position of the law, the authority of the party’s Constitution, as well as, the legitimacy of its leadership, stressing that an expelled member of the party cannot manufacture authority where none exists, which is not only untenable but ultimately self-defeating.

He said the party remains united, stable, and fully operational and would continue to be guided strictly by its Constitution and due process, remaining committed to lawful leadership structures and institutional integrity.