The faction also removed former BoT chair Adolphus Wabara, ex–national vice chair Bode George, and recently elected national chairman Kabiru Turaki. The action followed a contentious national convention in Ibadan, where Wike and his loyalists were themselves expelled.

Tensions escalated at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, where both factions attempted to hold parallel NEC and BoT meetings.

The Wike-aligned NEC further dissolved the state executive councils in Oyo, Bauchi, Zamfara, Yobe, Lagos, and Ekiti, ordering caretaker committees and new congresses.

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Reading the communiqué, National Secretary Sam Anyanwu said the NEC endorsed disciplinary action against several members for alleged anti-party activities, disobedience to court orders, and conduct deemed harmful to the party.

Source: Punch