The Independent National Electoral Commission has formally acknowledged Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party. This move follows the party’s national convention held in Abuja on March 28, as confirmed by the commission’s updated official portal.
According to a statement issued in Abuja by the PRP National Publicity Secretary, Ishaq Muhammed, the commission’s revised leadership list also includes Kanu Uchenna as National Secretary, Dr Bayawo Abdullahi as National Treasurer, Chuka Patrick as National Financial Secretary, and Vincent Okudu as National Legal Adviser.
The PRP spokesman emphasized that this development signals the commission’s formal endorsement of the party’s freshly elected leadership after a properly conducted convention.
However, the recognition comes at a time of growing internal strife within the PRP. A dissident faction called the PRP Vanguard has repudiated the convention that produced Baba-Ahmed. The faction claims the exercise was illegitimate and accuses the new leadership of straying from the party’s foundational socialist ideals.
Abdulmajid Yakubu-Daudus, who chairs the faction, alleged that the leadership resulting from the Abuja convention intends to convert the PRP into a convenient platform for “discredited politicians” from rival opposition parties.
“The PRP remains a socialist-oriented party committed to the emancipation of the masses, not a vehicle for capitalist interests. It was founded by the working class, progressive intellectuals, and the toiling masses, and it will remain so. The party is not for sale to the highest bidder,” Yakubu-Daudus stated.