PDP Faction Petitions IGP Over Alleged Forged Letter Sent to INEC

A law firm, Ogbeide Associates, Solicitors and Counsel, representing a faction within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has formally written to Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu, calling for a probe into the conduct of the party’s secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, and its factional National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed.

The petition followed a letter dated November 3, 2025, addressed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The petition alleged that the letter falsely claimed that the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) had suspended Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum as acting national chairman and appointed Mohammed in his place.

According to the petitioners, the NWC’s 608th emergency meeting of November 1, 2025, had resolved to suspend Anyanwu and three other officers over alleged anti-party activities.

The petition stated that no NWC resolution, minutes, or attendance record had been produced to show that the committee ever suspended Damagum or appointed Mohammed.

The lawyers also cited a Federal High Court judgment delivered on October 10, 2024, which recognised Damagum as acting national chairman and restrained INEC from acting on any document not bearing his signature.

They added that the Court of Appeal, on March 9, 2026, affirmed the NWC’s suspension of Anyanwu.

The petitioners also asked the IGP to examine how INEC handled the November 3 letter despite allegedly being aware of the court judgment and the NWC’s suspension resolution.

“This petition is not about personalities. It is about whether public institutions can be misled with documents that do not reflect the true position of internal party processes, and whether such conduct will be investigated as the law requires,” counsel for the petitioner said.

The lawyers urged the police to treat the matter with urgency, adding that they were ready to provide court judgments and internal party records to support the investigation.