Ignore congress rumours, PDP not holding any — Turaki

2026-03-02 - 18:47

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said it is not conducting congresses anywhere in the country, urging members and the public to ignore claims suggesting otherwise. The party moved to clear the air amid growing confusion within its ranks and the wider political space, warning that the circulating information could mislead supporters and disrupt its current activities. The position was conveyed by the National Chairman of the PDP, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN who said: “Our members and the general public are hereby notified that our party is not conducting congresses in any part of the country. “The false information is being circulated by expelled members of our party, who now have clearly shown their unrelenting appendages to the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a bid to kill our party and derail our democracy. “This false information and illegal association is one of the plans in the playbook of those who had mortgaged the fate of our party to the President and the APC, in return for political appointments and other favours. “We cannot surrender our party to people who want to use the platform for negotiation with the ruling party, as they did during the just concluded FCT Area Council Elections. “This disposition is obviously against the principles of multiparty democracy, which is the best option for a heterogenous and pluralistic society like ours. “We therefore urge all our members and the general public to discountenance the said planned congresses in the said states. “What the party is currently undertaking is the digital membership registration, which has commenced and is progressing well.” He added that the party would continue to update members as political developments unfold.