Our Party Did Not Collapse Into APM – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has dismissed reports that its structure has collapsed into the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The party’s Legal Adviser in the state, Yahaya Garkuwa, recently had his say at a press conference held at the PDP secretariat along Maiduguri Bypass, Bauchi.

Describing the claim as false and alleging that it is being spread by individuals impersonating party officials, Yahaya declared that the Federal High Court has affirmed the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led caretaker committee as the authentic national leadership of the party.

He added that even though the faction led by Tanimu Turaki subsequently appealed the judgment, the Supreme Court eventually ruled in favour of the faction led by Mohammed.

His words, “Dissatisfied with the decision, the Tanimu Turaki faction went to the Court of Appeal where the Appeal Court still confirmed the leadership of the PDP under Abdulrahman Mohammed, and in Bauchi State under Hon. Ibrahim’s leadership.

At the Supreme Court, judgment was given in our favour where the Supreme Court said the Tanimu Turaki faction is not known by law, that only the PDP under Abdulrahman Mohammed is known by law, while here in Bauchi State, the PDP known by law is the one under Honourable Ibrahim.

Now that they don’t have anywhere to go by the judgment of the Supreme Court, they now started impersonating that they are leaders of the PDP. And as they don’t have where to stay, they decided to create confusion to tell the public that the PDP structure has collapsed into APM.

We, the authentic members of the PDP, are still in the PDP. We have not joined any other political party; we still remain in the PDP.

You can see that we are the only PDP members whose candidates’ names were published by INEC ahead of the 2027 general elections.

If they are truly members of the PDP, let them name their candidates. They don’t have candidates.”