The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Nigeria’s main opposition party, PDP, has unanimously confirmed 30 to 31 October as dates for its elective national convention.
At its 92nd meeting held in Abuja on Saturday, the NEC, which is the highest decision making organ of the party after the National Convention, announced Abuja as the venue for the convention after days of leadership tussle.
Against the expectation of many, the NEC meeting was presided over by the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi, who acted on behalf of the recently restored embattled National Chairman, Uche Secondus.
In a letter released prior to the commencement of the meeting, Mr Secondus had asked Mr Akinwonmi to play his role at the event, possibly in obedience to a more recent court order.
The convention is holding two months earlier than the expected time, December.
Mr Secondus-led National Working (NWC) was elected in December 2017 and ought to have completed its tenure in December this year but for the leadership crisis rocking the party in the last one month.
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