PDP faction petitions IGP to probe Anyanwu and Mohammed for false statements to INEC.

Ogbeide Associates, Solicitors and Counsel, representing a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed a petition with Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu. The petition requests an investigation into the party’s Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, and the factional National Chairman, Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, concerning a letter dated 3 November 2025 addressed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The petition claims that the letter falsely asserted that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) had suspended Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum as Acting National Chairman and had appointed Mohammed in his place.

It further states that the NWC’s 608th Emergency Meeting, held on 1 November 2025—just 48 hours before the letter was drafted—resolved to suspend Anyanwu and three other officers on allegations of anti‑party activities.

According to the petition, no NWC resolution, minutes, or attendance record has been produced that shows the committee ever resolved to suspend Ambassador Damagum or to appoint Mohammed.

The petition points out that the official attendance record of the 608th meeting shows that Anyanwu was absent while Mohammed was present.

It argues that Mohammed had direct, firsthand knowledge of the meeting’s actual outcome before the disputed letter was sent.

The petition also references a Federal High Court judgment dated 10 October 2024 (Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/579/2024) that recognised Ambassador Damagum as Acting National Chairman and restrained INEC from acting on any document not bearing his signature—a judgment that Senator Anyanwu himself forwarded to INEC for compliance in November 2024.

The petition notes that the Court of Appeal, on 9 March 2026, affirmed the NWC’s suspension of Senator Anyanwu.

In addition to seeking an investigation of the two named individuals, the petition asks the Inspector‑General to examine how INEC handled the 3 November letter, given that the commission already possessed both the existing court judgment and the NWC’s suspension resolution at the time.

“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 Nigeria Police Force to treat the matter with urgency and indicated that the petitioner is ready to provide all supporting documentation, including the relevant court judgments and internal party records, to assist in the investigation.