The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP backed by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has fixed an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee, NEC for Monday, moving swiftly to stabilise the party after a Supreme Court ruling which removed its National Working Committee, NWC.
The factional Chairman of the Party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, briefed on Sunday at the opening of the party’s 84th BoT meeting in Abuja, outlining the immediate steps taken and the PDP’s future operations.
The decision highlights the urgency within Nigeria’s main opposition party to restore leadership, reassert control and prevent a deeper rupture after the court judgement reset its structure.
Wabara explained that the BoT immediately assumed administrative leadership of the party in line with the empowering provisions of the Constitution of the PDP as amended in 2017 and that since stepping in, the BoT has received a wave of solidarity messages, signalling its believe that the party’s support base remains intact despite the crisis.
Framing the crisis in broader political terms, Wabara alleges that forces within and outside the party had worked to weaken it ahead of the next elections but that all is been done to restore sanity.
The National Executive Committee of the faction will meet on Monday to further deliberate and take steps towards the life, success, and victory of the PDP in future elections.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
