A chieftain of the Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Sani, has further deepened the ongoing internal dispute within the party, alleging confusion over control of key party documents and financial accounts.
Sani made the claims during an interview on Arise TV on Thursday, where he spoke on the leadership tussle within the Peoples Democratic Party, insisting that his faction holds the party’s certificate of incorporation while also questioning how the party’s funds are being managed.
He accused the camp aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of operating parallel arrangements within the party, including alleged sales of nomination forms and financial activities outside formal structures.
“We have an office that we are running, and it is in Area 10 (Abuja). Wike knows the office, let him come and demolish it,” Sani said during the interview.
Clarifying internal alignments, Sani noted that Wadada and Turaki are in the same camp, and he claimed that their group is associated with the custody of the PDP’s financial structure, including access to the party’s bank accounts.
However, he alleged that despite this, there remains confusion and contestation over how party funds and nomination fees are being processed across different structures.
Sani further stated that if the Wike-aligned group were to use the main PDP bank account for the sale of nomination forms, the funds would still be traceable within the party’s legitimate financial system.
“If they use the main account for nomination forms, it will still come to us,” he said, suggesting that financial flows ultimately remain linked to the official party structure.
The PDP continues to grapple with internal disagreements over leadership legitimacy, control of financial resources, and access to official party documents, as rival tendencies within the party maintain competing claims ahead of future political engagements.
