Expectations as PDP NEC meeting holds Thursday

Ahead of its October 31st national elective convention, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will Thursday, hold an emergency National Executive Committee, NEC meeting to ratify the recommendation of its zoning committee reached last week.

Since then, a number of developments have taken place including the ceding of the national chairmanship position to the North Central and National Publicity Secretary office to the South-West, among others in the next NWC. , he is likely to face opposition from Babangida Aliyu, a former governor of Niger state, who is a late entrant in the race.Meanwhile, the camp of former Osun State governor and until recently, a frontline chairmanship aspirant, Olagunsoye Oyinlola is not happy with the zoning arrangement as announced by the Ugwuanyi Committee.

“We wish to inform our governors that whilst they have refused to heed all reason and overtures for peace and reconciliation as expected of an indivisible family, we are left with no option than to send this public message, stating categorically that the recent stranglehold on our dear party by governors which is currently in opposition will only spell doom and lead to mass exodus of members who have come to erroneously believe, that PDP has been bequeathed and hijacked by a few governors who...

She said, “Oyinlola had consulted widely. All this while, he thought he had the backing of the governors, some of whom personally encouraged him to stand for the election. All of a sudden, they are saying he cannot contest based on their recommendation. This is unfortunate. “Now, beyond the excitement of having a Southerner as Presidential candidate, can PDP win the election given that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will pick its candidate from same zone?” she asked.A member of the outgoing National Working Committee told Vanguard in confidence that the 2023 Presidential ambition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is “alive” despite the zoning of the national chairmanship office to the North.

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