The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and other members against derailing the party’s national convention, which is scheduled for November 15, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State.
In a communiqué issued after its 7th meeting in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Saturday, August 23, 2025, the governors “reaffirmed their full commitment to the resolutions of the 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of July 2025 regarding the November 15 National Convention.”
The forum urged members to “resist all attempts to derail the convention by anti-party forces,” describing the PDP as “the only democratic institution and viable alternative for restoring Nigeria along the path of good governance and national development.”
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The governors, who accused the APC of “divisive governance and policies that continue to impose hardship on Nigerians,” also commended the resilience of the PDP in overcoming “orchestrated defections.”
The warning follows Wike’s recent comments on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
Wike had expressed dissatisfaction with the party’s South-South Caretaker Committee and warned that a fresh crisis could erupt if the party did not acknowledge the zonal congress that elected his ally, Dan Orbih, as National Vice Chairman, South-South.
He said, “Well, it is over for now. A few things are remaining, and I have told them that they must do it. Our congress was held in Calabar, and there’s nothing anybody can tell us. If they want to have another round of crisis, so be it.”
He also stated, “The so-called acting national chairman of the party wrote a letter to INEC after congress was held that the congress has been postponed. There is no two ways about it. The National Vice Chairman of PDP South-South is Chief Dan Orbih.3 If they don’t agree, that’s another round of crisis.”
The article also notes that Wike has parted ways with Governor Seyi Makinde and is accused of “anti-party activities.”
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