A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Inspector-General of Police to investigate Samuel Anyanwu and Abdulrahman Mohammed over a letter allegedly sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission with false information about the party’s leadership.
The petition, filed by Ogbeide Associates on behalf of the faction, alleged that the November 3, 2025 letter wrongly informed INEC that the party’s National Working Committee had suspended Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum as Acting National Chairman and replaced him with Mohammed.
According to the petition, the party’s 608th Emergency National Working Committee meeting held on November 1, 2025 reached a different decision. It stated that the committee resolved to suspend Anyanwu and three other officials over allegations of anti-party activities.
The petition further claimed there was no official resolution, meeting minutes or attendance record showing that the committee approved the suspension of Damagum or the appointment of Mohammed as acting chairman.
It also stated that attendance records from the meeting showed that Anyanwu was absent, while Mohammed attended the meeting and was aware of the decisions reached before the disputed letter was forwarded to INEC.
The lawyers also referred to an October 10, 2024 judgment of the Federal High Court, which recognised Damagum as the party’s Acting National Chairman and directed INEC not to recognise documents that did not carry his signature. According to the petition, Anyanwu had earlier forwarded that judgment to INEC for compliance in November 2024.
The petition added that the Court of Appeal later upheld the suspension of Anyanwu in a judgment delivered on March 9, 2026.
Beyond requesting an investigation into the two party officials, the faction also asked the police to examine how INEC handled the November 3 letter despite already having the court judgment and the party’s suspension resolution in its possession.
The petition maintained that the matter concerns the alleged submission of information that did not reflect the decisions taken through the party’s internal processes. It urged the Nigeria Police Force to begin a prompt investigation and stated that all relevant court judgments and party records would be made available to support the inquiry.