Abuja / Enugu — December 2, 2025 | Dalena Reporters
A faction of the PDP loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has moved to further realign internal party structures by appointing a new caretaker committee to oversee the South-East zone, signaling an intensification of the ongoing crisis within the party.
The inauguration took place in Enugu on Sunday and was presided over by the factional acting National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulraham Mohameed, alongside National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu. The new committee is tasked with restructuring grassroots organization, restoring party loyalty and preparing for upcoming elections.
According to sources within the faction, the move follows a wave of defections and defections-induced instability in South-East states, most notably the exit of a sitting governor and entire state leadership, which stakes the PDP’s long-standing dominance in the zone.
The announcement fuels long-running tensions between Wike’s camp and the faction led by the formally recognised National Working Committee under acting chairman Umar Damagum — a schism that has already seen mutual expulsions, takeover of the national secretariat, and competing claims to party legitimacy.
Observers warn that the proliferation of rival caretaker committees could deepen fragmentation, undermine the PDP’s capacity to function as a unified opposition, and threaten its viability ahead of future general elections.
By Dalena Reporters — Political Affairs Desk