{"id":81241,"date":"2026-01-06T21:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81241"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:20:08","slug":"pdp-crisis-turaki-reveals-jonathans-message-to-party-leaders-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/06\/pdp-crisis-turaki-reveals-jonathans-message-to-party-leaders-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Crisis: Turaki Reveals Jonathan\u2019s Message to Party Leaders in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sought the intervention of former President Goodluck Jonathan over its lingering leadership crisis, following a closed-door meeting between members of the party\u2019s National Working Committee (NWC) and the former leader in Abuja.<br \/>\nThe meeting, held on Tuesday at Jonathan\u2019s Maitama office, came amid a dispute over the position of national chairman, with rival factions backing Abdulrahman Mohammed and Taminu Turaki.<br \/>\nBriefing journalists after the meeting, Turaki said the delegation introduced members of the newly elected NWC to Jonathan and briefed him on the party\u2019s activities since its National Convention last November.<br \/>\nHe said discussions centred on the PDP\u2019s internal challenges, efforts to reposition the party, preparations for off-season governorship elections and plans ahead of the 2027 general elections.<br \/>\nAccording to Turaki, Jonathan reassured party leaders of his continued commitment, stressing that he remains an active member of the PDP and believes in its capacity to win future elections.<br \/>\nTuraki added that reconciliation remains the party\u2019s ultimate goal once ongoing legal issues are resolved, noting that Jonathan\u2019s guidance would shape the PDP\u2019s next steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sought the intervention of former President Goodluck Jonathan over its lingering leadership crisis, following a closed-door meeting between members of the party\u2019s National Working Committee (NWC) and the former leader in Abuja. The meeting, held on Tuesday at Jonathan\u2019s Maitama office, came amid a dispute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81243,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81241\/revisions\/81243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}