US EditionThings to Know About PDP’s New National Chairman, Turaki
Kabiru Turaki, a former minister and legal expert, was affirmed PDP National Chairman with 2,745 accredited delegates voting at the party’s national convention, officials said.
- On Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party affirmed Kabiru Turaki as national chairman, Ben Obi, secretary of the National Convention Organising Committee, announced the results late Saturday night.
- Party insiders credit Kabiru Turaki's long-term loyalty and federal roles, plus his FCIArb and FCIDA fellowships, for broadening his influence across PDP structures.
- The count produced both contested results and 17 uncontested positions, with 3,141 delegates attending, 2,745 accredited, and 275 votes voided, officials said.
- Turaki pledged immediate reforms, promising no more impunity and fairness, and said new party executives will visit aggrieved party members to save Nigeria's democracy from collapse.
- Born on April 3, 1957 in Birnin Kebbi, Kabiru Turaki holds traditional titles Dan Masanin Gwandu and Zarumman Kabbi and chairs the PDP Former Ministers' Forum.
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Turaki Emerges PDP Chairman, Says No More Impunity
Dr Kabiru Turaki (SAN) from Kebbi State has emerged as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Turaki scored a total of 1,516 votes to defeat his closest rival, Senator Yakubu Lado Danmark, who scored 41 votes, at the 2025 Elective National Convention of the party in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Saturday. Sen. Ben Obi, Secretary of the National Convention Organising Committee, announced the result after the counting of the …
PDP Elects Turaki as National Chairman - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service
By Chika Eze, Abuja Former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has emerged as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Ambassador Taofeek Oladejo Arapaja was elected National Secretary at the party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State. Turaki, from Kebbi State, polled 1,516 votes to defeat his only opponent, the 2023 PDP governorship candidate in Katsina State, …
National Convention: Turaki emerges as PDP National Chairman
By Myke Agunwa Former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has emerged as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Amb. Taofeek Arapaja was elected National Secretary at the party’s National Convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, from November 15–16, 2025. Announcing the results, the Secretary of the National Convention Organising Committee, Senator Ben Obi, said Turaki polled 1,516 votes to defeat his c…
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