Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as reckless rumours making the grounds in some quarters that the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, was sometimes expelled from the party.
The Chairman of the defunct Abia PDP Caretaker Committee, Ikpegbu Emeka-Yellow, who made the clarification said the alleged expulsion of Wabara was not only overturned by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) but was invalidated by the courts
Ikpegbu spoke to newsmen while reacting to a statement by the chairman of the dissolved PDP factional in Abia State, Elder Abraham Amah shortly after the recent Supreme Court judgment that nullified the party’s Ibadan convention and upheld the suspension of former National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, alongside other key officers.
Emeka-Yellow said the purported expulsion of Wabara was not only overturned by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) but was dismissed by the courts.
According to him, Amah lacked the authority to take such action then, having ceased to be the Abia PDP Chairman before the purported expulsion.
His word, “The claim that Senator Wabara was expelled is false and legally untenable. The National Working Committee had since disowned and reversed that decision, while the court equally voided it.”
Ikpegbu Emeka-Yellow therefore hailed the Supreme Court ruling, describing it as a decisive blow against what he termed ‘political rascality’ within the party.
“The judgment has laid to rest attempts by some elements to destabilise the PDP. It reinforces the supremacy of the law—no one can exercise powers he does not possess,” he declared.
Despite the nullification of the Ibadan Convention, Emeka-Yellow described the court’s affirmation of the suspension of some party officials as a major victory.
He expressed confidence in the BoT’s intervention, noting that it had stabilised the party by stepping in to fill the leadership vacuum.
“The party is now anchored on the Board of Trustees under Senator Wabara. This is the legitimate leadership for now, pending the emergence of a new leadership structure,” he added.
The PDP chieftain urged party members to remain calm and avoid distractions, assuring that the party would participate fully in the 2027 general elections.
Explaining reasons why Amah cannot act on behalf of the party, Ikpegbu Emeka-Yellow stated that the congress which produced Amah had been nullified by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, rendering his claims and actions invalid.
“As it stands now, Amah is no longer the PDP Chairman in Abia. The courts have been clear on this. Any claim he makes to that effect should be disregarded,” he insisted.
Emeka-Yellow disclosed that steps were underway to formalise the party’s leadership structure with the BoT expected to convene and initiate processes that would lead to the constitution of an interim leadership through the National Executive Committee (NEC).
Reaffirming the PDP’s resilience, Emeka-Yellow said the party remained ‘the mother of all political parties’ in Nigeria, adding that it could not be undermined by internal or external forces.
He therefore thanked the judiciary for what he described as “restoring confidence in Nigeria’s democracy”, insisting that the Supreme Court verdict had effectively ended the lingering leadership crisis within the PDP.
