PDP NEC meeting: Govs, others renew battle for party’s soul

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s make or mar National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting scheduled for April 17 and 18, party stakeholders and power blocs have renewed their battle for control of the party structure.

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When contacted, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, himself a trained lawyer, said: “I’m not in a position to say whether or not we’ve been served. A highly placed member of the party’s NEC who spoke in confidence, in order not to preempt the meeting, explained that so many issues which had been left to linger since the 2023 election would be thrashed out.

“There are no such issues in Oyo, Bauchi and Zamfara where the governors are comfortably in charge. Governors Seyi Makinde and Bala Mohammed are second term governors, while their Zamfara State counterpart, Dauda Lawal, although a first termer is in firm control.” He is reputed to have played a significant role in the elections of some of the party’s governors and members of the National Assembly, especially in the South South and South East and parts of the North.

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