The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has assumed the leadership of the party so as not to allow any leadership vacuum at the national level of the party, as a result of the judgement of the Supreme Court.

BoT Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, in a statement, described the apex court judgement that nullified the November 15 and 16, 2025 PDP National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, as unpleasant.

Wabara said: “While the Supreme Court invalidated the Ibadan Convention, it also in a unanimous decision of the five justices on the panel, upheld the suspension of Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Hon. Umar Bature, Kamaldeen Ajibade as National Secretary, National Organising Secretary and National Legal Adviser, respectively from the Party.

“The implication of (the) judgement by the Supreme Court is that all actions taken by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Hon. Umar Bature and Barr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, including the appointment of Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman, the composition of the National Caretaker Working Committee and the conduct and outcome of the March 29, 2026 Convention in Abuja are illegal, null and ab initio void.”