The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Prof. Sadiq Gombe, on Monday formally took over the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, declaring an end to the protracted leadership crisis that has rocked the opposition party after the Independent National Electoral Commission recognised the party’s National Working Committee.
The development comes barely a week after INEC updated its records to recognise Gombe as the substantive national chairman of the SDP, replacing the expelled former chairman, Shehu Gabam, in what party leaders describe as a major victory for internal democracy and constitutional order.
Addressing journalists shortly after assuming office at the secretariat, Gombe said the takeover marked the culmination of nearly a year of internal reforms, disciplinary proceedings and legal battles that eventually received judicial validation.
He said, “Today is a great day for all of us. It is significant because it comes almost exactly one year after the National Working
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