- Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) have formally moved to settle the party’s leadership crisis out of court, following a directive from the Court of Appeal.
- Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, has reportedly distanced himself from the accord, refusing to reconcile with the camp loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.
- The move toward a peace pact comes after the appellate court nullified the governors-backed November 2025 convention, leaving the party without a legally recognized National Working Committee.
The long-standing leadership dispute within the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a dramatic turn as the party’s top leadership splits over how to resolve the ongoing crisis.
Eko Hot Blog reports that on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the party’s Board of Trustees signaled their readiness to embrace a genuine reconciliation with the faction loyal to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
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This decision follows a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, which granted all parties the opportunity to pursue an out-of-court settlement.
Justice Biobele Georgewill advised the warring factions to prioritize a peaceful resolution, warning that the legal disputes are threatening the party’s ability to field candidates for the 2027 general elections.
In a show of good faith, the governors-backed faction immediately postponed its scheduled National Caucus and NEC meetings.
However, the path to peace is far from clear because Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, who heads the PDP Governors Forum, has emerged as the chief dissenter.
Sources reveal that Mohammed rejected the reconciliation initiative during a late-night conversation, expressing a firm refusal to work with the Wike camp.
His absence from the expanded BoT meeting in Abuja underscored the deepening divide among the party’s most powerful governors.
The proposed reconciliation accord involves a joint committee of legal experts and senior leaders from both sides who will draft a formal agreement to be submitted to the Court of Appeal for final validation, determine the sharing of leadership positions between the rival factions, and resolve the dispute over the PDP National Secretariat, which has remained sealed by police for months.
Nyesom Wike, addressing his own faction’s NEC meeting in Abuja, welcomed the olive branch but insisted that any peace talks must be transparent.
He remarked that those coming for peace should do so in the daytime rather than at night and firmly rejected suggestions to form another caretaker committee.
Wike insisted that the party’s planned national convention on March 29 and 30 must proceed as scheduled.
With the 2027 election timetable looming, the BoT, chaired by Senator Adolphus Wabara, is working frantically to persuade Governor Bala Mohammed to rejoin the fold.
Party insiders warn that if the Bauchi dissent persists, the PDP risks entering the next election cycle as a house permanently divided, potentially leading to further mass defections to the ruling APC.
