A fresh wave of legal confusion engulfed proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday as two Senior Advocates of Nigeria simultaneously claimed representation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in an ongoing suit challenging the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission on the party’s leadership structure.
The dispute arose in a case filed by Adolphus Wabara, Board of Trustees (BoT) led by former Senate President seeking judicial intervention compelling INEC to recognise and publish the interim National Working Committee (NWC) of the party allegedly forwarded to it by the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1159/2026, is before Justice Salim Ibrahim and was instituted on June 4 by a legal team led by Chief Chris Uche (SAN).
The plaintiffs include Wabara; BoT Secretary and former Niger State governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu; former Minister of Information Jerry Gana; PDP chieftain Olabode George; former Minister of Women Affairs Maryam Ciroma; former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Zainab Maina; and BoT/NEC member Dame Esther Uduehi, with the PDP joined as the eighth plaintiff. Related News Lagos partners Climate Action to advance sustainable finance at London Climate Week NIMC secures historic service framework as identity agency deepens reform drive QNET distances itself from Ogun arrests as security crackdown exposes brand misuse risks
