Wabara, former Nigerian senator, accuses ruling party of weakening opposition
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
Adolphus Wabara, former Senate President and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rejects the Court of Appeal ruling that refused to compel the INEC, the electoral commission, to recognise his faction. He also accuses the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of profiting from the opposition’s crises, according to Vanguard.
The former Nigerian Senate President Adolphus Wabara, who chairs the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accuses the ruling party, the APC, of profiting from the crisis weakening opposition parties. He holds it responsible if Nigeria’s democracy were to decline before the 2027 general elections, according to Vanguard.
He criticises the Court of Appeal ruling, handed down unanimously by three judges, which refused to overturn the 17 July 2026 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja. That judgment had dismissed the complaint from his faction, which sought to have decisions taken in the name of the PDP by the faction led by Tanimu Turaki validated. The court found that his group had no standing to act on behalf of the party and removed the PDP’s name from the list of appellants. Wabara says he does not understand this legal reasoning.
The Turaki faction has named former president Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s consensus candidate for the 2027 presidential election. Wabara also warns against a sole candidacy for President Bola Tinubu within his camp, and cautions that weakening political alternatives could undermine the country’s democratic foundations.
