Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee met on Tuesday.
The meeting held in Jonathan’s office in Abuja’s capital, Maitama, took place in a closed-door manner.
Turaki was accompanied by members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and a number of state PDP chairmen.
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Sources told Channels Television that the party’s leadership was bringing up issues that sat on the party’s national interest.
In a statement to journalists, Turaki claimed that the PDP leaders had discussed the party’s future in light of the ongoing legal battles.
The former president also stated that the party had done enough for him and that he would do more for the party.
Two men who claim to be the party’s national chairman have caused a leadership crisis for the PDP.
Taminu Turaki is supported by the camps affiliated with the Federal Capital Territory governor, Bala Mohammed, and Seyi Makinde, Oyo State governor, while Abdulrahman Mohammed and Nyesom Wike, Nyesom Wike, Nyesom Wike, Nyesom Wike, are opposed by the camps affiliated with him.
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Joash Amupitan, the leader of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), met with the PDP’s two groups on December 19, 2025 inquieting about the situation.
Prior to the FCT area council elections and those of Osun and Ekiti states scheduled for February 21, 2026, the INEC chairman was in charge of the meeting that took place at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.
Both Samuel Anyanwu and the Tanimu Turaki-led national working committee took part in the meeting.
Amupitan claimed that the party’s correspondence grew to be necessary in response to numerous conflicting messages.
He claimed that preparations were also being made for the June and July 2026 elections for the governorships of Ekiti and Osun.
The Commission already had its election schedule and rules out to all registered political parties, according to the INEC chairman, and was working to make sure the polls in the affected areas were run smoothly and honestly. He noted, however, that the PDP’s antagonistic positions required a synthesis of the opposing factions to come together to seek consensus and forge a common course of action.
Amupitan applauded the presence of senior officials from both camps, noting that the meeting gave the party a forum for open and constructive discussion in order to resolve the party’s and the electoral process as a whole.
He further assured the PDP factions of INEC’s impartiality, pointing out that the Commission’s decisions were firmly grounded in the terms of the Electoral Act, the 1999 Constitution, and INEC’s rules and guidelines.
The Commission’s chairman stated that the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and its internal regulations are the three-tier legal framework under which it is governed and pledged to abide by these laws when dealing with the issue.
Source: Channels TV
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