PDP Fixes New Date For Its National Convention

The announcement of the new date followed a meeting of the expanded caucus of the party which held at the Shehu Yaradua centre in Abuja.

A statement signed by Head, Publicity Division, Adm. Chinwe I. Nnorom on behalf of the chief spokesperson, noted that the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, H. E. Senator Ahmed Makarfi, CON, presided over the Meeting with the Secretary, Senator Ben Obi, CON and other members of the Committee present.

According to the statement, the PDP decided that a new zoning arrangement is to take into consideration, the decision of the last Convention which zoned the Presidency to the North and by implication, the position of National Chairman is to be zoned to the South, and the Committee is to report back within a week.

Furthermore, a reconciliation Committee was constituted headed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu to reconcile only PDP members in the South West ahead of the National Convention.

Nnorom revealed that Senator Kashamu Buruji representing Ijebu Labo Constituency of Ogun State in the 8th National Assembly, who was also in the meeting, declared his unalloyed loyalty and support to the PDP National Caretaker Committee.

The meeting had in attendance, the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, CFR and other leaders of the National Assembly, the Executive Governors of Ondo, Gombe, Taraba, Rivers and Ekiti states while other states were represented by their deputies.

Other invited stakeholders include: former governors, former ministers, former national officers, etc.

Recall that the party could not elect a new set of leaders in its convention which held in May due to various court orders. Instead, the convention appointed a caretaker committee headed by a former governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Makarfi.

However, embattled national chairman of the party, Ali Sheriff, has insisted that he remained the chairman of the party.