Former Minister, Dr Kabiru Turaki (SAN) from Kebbi State has emerged as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2025 Elective National Convention of the party in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday.
Turaki scored a total of 1,516 votes to defeat his closest rival, Garuba Lado, who scored 41 votes.
Senator Ben Obi, Secretary of the National Convention Organising Committee, announced the result after the counting of the votes.
Obi said that 3,141 delegates came to the convention while 2,745 accredited and 275 are voided votes.
He further said that Solarin Adekunle emerged as the Deputy National Organising Secretary of the party.
Obi said that 17 other positions were contested unopposed.
Turaki was a minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Turaki assured members of the party and Nigerians that there would be no more impunity and suppression of their will.
He stated this while delivering his acceptance speech at the Adamasingba Stadium, venue of the partisan gathering.
Turaki assured party members that the confidence reposed on the new elected party executives would not be taken for granted and they would do whatever it takes to effectively carry out their responsibilities.
“I want to assure you that the confidence reposed in the executives will not be taken for granted.
“There will be no more impunity and suppression of the will of Nigerian people and we shall open our ears wide to listen to you to determine what you want and what you want is what we shall give you,” Turaki said.
He further assured party members that henceforth, there would be fairness, equity and justice in the party.
Turaki said PDP as a party was currently at a crossroads while the new executives were up to the task to tackle the challenges.
He said the new executives would start visiting some of the aggrieved party members to appeal to those with genuine grievances to return to the party in order to “save Nigeria’s democracy from imminent collapse”.
