The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), has issued a warning that its National Secretariat is still being litigated and should not be forcibly entered or occupied by any person or organization until the courts have made a decision.
This warning follows rumours that a group of party members who support Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, intend to seize the party’s headquarters on Monday.
According to previous reports, the Wike-led PDP faction was recently acknowledged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), enabling its representatives to participate in the commission’s first quarterly stakeholders’ meeting with political parties in 2026.
Following the meeting, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, National Secretary of the PDP National Caretaker Committee of the Wike-led faction, reportedly stated, “By next Monday, we will take over the PDP headquarters.”
In response, the PDP issued a statement signed by Ini Ememobong, its national publicity secretary, warning that intelligence suggests some expelled members would try to enter the party’s National Secretariat and other facilities, either by force or “in connivance with security forces.”
The secretariat is still “a case before the Federal High Court, Abuja, and the Court of Appeal,” the party noted in a formal letter to the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command.
It added that any effort to occupy the property while the matter is pending would constitute self-help and a direct challenge to judicial authority.
“Any attempt to enter and occupy these properties will be a resort to self-help and an affront to the time-tested principle of law that parties who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts should not act in ways that render the powers of the court nugatory,” the statement said.
The PDP further stressed that the case before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court was instituted by the expelled members themselves, insisting that they must await the judgment.
“Having instituted the suit, they cannot resort to self-help until judgment is delivered in the matter,” the party stated.
The statement also cautioned that granting access to anyone while the lawsuit is still continuing would be considered contempt of court by the Nigeria Police Force, a party on file in the case.
“Any action taken to grant access to anybody before the conclusion of the case amounts to contempt of court,” it added.
Reiterating its pledge to safeguard its assets, the PDP said it would use all legal means to secure the secretariat and cautioned that anyone seeking forceful entry would be held accountable for any harm or damage caused.
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