Crisis continues to rock PDP as party gets ready for parallel convention

– The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn as the party is set to hold two separate national conventions

– The loyalists of the national chairman, will be holding its convention in Port Harcourt, while the other faction, lead by Prof. Jerry Gana, will be holding theirs in Abuja

– The Gana led faction, has inaugurated its 56-members steering committee 

The problems facing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn as the party is set to hold two separate national conventions on Saturday, May 21, The Nation reports.

The loyalists of Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, the national chairman, will be holding its convention in Port Harcourt, while the other faction, lead by Prof. Jerry Gana, the former minister of information minister, will be holding theirs in Abuja.

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The two factions met simultaneously in Abuja on Tuesday, May 17 to finalise plans for their separate conventions.

Pro- Sheriff convention is backed by the PDP serving governors, National Assembly members and a faction of the Board of Trustees (BoT).

The Gana led Concerned PDP Stakeholders, inaugurated its 56-members steering committee to conduct its convention and pilot the affairs of the party afterwards.

Members of the group include Prof. Tunde Adeniran, Hajia Inna Ciroma, Amb. Wilberforce Juta, Alhaji Ibrahim Bunu, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, Senator Bala Mohammed, Taminu Turaki, Dr. Doyin Okupe and Mrs. Remi Adiukwu.

Also in the group are Mrs. Josephine Anenih, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Prof. ABC Nwosu, Sen. Ben Obi, John Odey, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa, Alh. Shittu Mohammed Kabiru, Senator Grace Bent, and Senator Anietie Okon.

At the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, Walid said he met with the Gana group up to 2:30 am on Tuesdays where he pleaded with the aggrieved members to drop plans for a parallel convention.

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In a related development, a federal high court sitting in Lagos has stopped the PDP from electing anyone into the offices of the national chairman, national secretary and national auditor of the party at the party’s national convention on May 21 in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state.

The order restraining the party from conducting elections was in respect of a suit brought before the court by  Sheriff, the National Secretary, Prof. Olawale Oladipo and the National Auditor, Alhaji Fatai Adewale Adeyanju.
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