As the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissolved the party’s entire Kano State Working Committee (SWC), the removed State Chairman of the party, Dr Bello Gambo Bichi, said he accepted the action as his sacrifice for a better PDP.

According to a letter dated Thursday, September 24, 2026, and signed by the PDP National Organising Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Bature, the dissolution took immediate effect.

Responding to the dissolution, Bichi explained that he wholly accepted his removal because it was part of the preconditions laid down by former state governorship candidate Dalhatu, who also sacrificed his candidacy for Muhammad Abacha.

The letter, addressed to the Kano State PDP chairman and titled “Dissolution of PDP State Working Committee, Kano State”, stated that the decision followed due consultations by the party’s National Working Committee.

“the entire PDP State Working Committee (SWC) for Kano State chaired by Dr. Bello Gambo Bichi is hereby DISSOLVED with effect from the date of this letter,” the letter stated.

However, the national leadership clarified that the dissolution affected only the State Working Committee, stressing that the party’s Ward and Local Government Area (LGA) working committees remained intact.

“This dissolution affects the State Working Committee ONLY. The Ward and LGA Working Committees are NOT AFFECTED by this dissolution,” the letter stated.

The PDP national leadership further announced that the North-West Caretaker Committee would henceforth take charge of the affairs of the Kano State chapter pending the election of a new State Working Committee.

Dr Bello Gambo Bichi hinted that the new Electoral Act mandated that, in the case of changes within a party, the person to be replaced must put it in writing that they had agreed to step down and must also be allowed to give their personal conditions.

“When we agreed to reconciled PDP in Kano and bring Muhammad Abacha to replace our Candidate, because we believes he is more powerful to go for the seat, Dalhatu gives out some Condition including dissolving my State Executive which I agreed as a sacrifice”, he added.

Nigerian-born rugby youngster Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been tipped to excel with England’s national team in days to come, especially during next year’s global showpiece, Sports247 reports.

The verdict came from the winger’s coach at Exeter RC, Rob Baxter, who believes 23-year-old Feyi-Waboso will be a revelation at next year’s Rugby World Cup if he can keep fit throughout this season.

Baxter’s verdict came while recollecting that Feyi-Waboso helped The Chiefs reach last season’s English Rugby Premiership final but later on missed the Six Nations series after suffering a hamstring injury in February.

Feyi-Waboso also missed the final game of the season and Exeter’s play-off semi-final win at Bath, after fracturing his jaw in a game away to Leicester at the end of May, all of which Baxter noted slowed down his progress.

However, with the lad having returned to action with Exeter at Twickenham and then starred for England in their Nations Championship matches, Baxter is optimistic that his protégé can reach greater heights next year.

“I think if he can really put a run of games together, he could be quite a force come World Cup time because he is an exceptional player. There are areas of his game where time improves some of those elements.
“If he can put a good run together, I think it’d be quite exciting what England might see from him both in the autumn and during the World Cup later in the year,” Baxter reasoned glowingly in favour of Feyi-Waboso.

Sports247 gathered further that Feyi-Waboso played 28 games for club and country in 2024, the most since his breakthrough the year before, but the following season was blighted by a shoulder injury he suffered just before Christmas.

That injury kept him out until the summer of 2025, but he returned last season to score 13 tries in all competitions, as Exeter made the play-offs for the first time since 2021 and reached the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup.