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The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has announced that it is constrained from implementing its directive on the leadership transition of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party due to a pending court case, meaning the current executive will remain in office for now.
In a press statement issued on 17 August 2026, the Commission confirmed that a party member has taken both the PPRC and the APC to court over the second part of the Commission’s earlier directive.
“As a member of the party has taken the PPRC and the All People’s Congress to court in regard to the second directive, the Commission is constrained to effect its second directive thus, the status quo shall remain the same pending the determination of the matter in court,” the statement read.
On 13 February 2026, the PPRC issued directives to the APC regarding the extension of the party’s elected officials’ tenure. The Commission invoked Section 39(5) of the Political Parties Act 2022 to extend the APC executive’s tenure by six months.
The second part of the directive stipulated that should the executive fail to convene a National Delegates’ Conference after the six-month period, the Leader of the APC in Parliament, together with five other Members of Parliament representing each region, would manage the party’s affairs until the Conference.
The six-month extension was granted following an intervention by senior party stakeholder Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, who argued that immediate removal of the executives upon expiration of their three-year tenure in February 2026 would create institutional instability within the party.
The extended tenure was expected to expire on 18 August 2026. With no National Delegates’ Conference convened, the Commission’s second directive was meant to trigger a transition to parliamentary leadership.
However, the court challenge has effectively frozen that transition, leaving the current executive members to continue running the party’s affairs . This has drawn criticism from some party members, including Honorary Executive Member Hon. Rollings-Kamara, who formally wrote to the PPRC raising concerns about the legal basis for parliamentary leadership taking over party management.
Former Majority Leader Ibrahim Rassin Bundu had previously issued a seven-day ultimatum to the PPRC in early August, demanding a substantive ruling on the tenure dispute and warning that failure to deliver a formal decision would compel him to pursue legal action.
The PPRC’s statement confirms that the status quo will remain until the court determines the matter. The Commission’s Director of Public Education and ICT, Lucien H.L. Momoh, signed the press statement.
The APC has been conducting lower-level elections to rebuild its structures ahead of the National Delegates’ Conference, with constituency elections postponed in July to finalise internal engagements and administrative processes. The party is yet to set a new date for the Conference.
