Fresh crisis is threatening Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s preparation for the 2019 general elections, following yesterday’s heated argument between National Working Committee, NWC, and Board of Trustees, BoT.

The argument broke out at the inauguration of the party’s National Convention Planning Committee at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, Elder Yemi Akinwomi, who stood in for the party’s national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, while clarifying the choice of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, as convention venue, said: “The party set up a committee headed by Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure, and they went round the South-South and South-East zones before coming out with the choice of Port Harcourt for us. “As in acceptance, the NWC has consulted widely with the PDP Governors Forum, we have consulted widely with the BoT. We have consulted widely with caucus of the party and today it has been jointly accepted that we will converge on Port Harcourt in no distant time for the national convention

“The international community has told us that they want to watch keenly the Port Harcourt convention. Particularly, they said they want to come and watch the process that will lead to the emergence of our flag bearer, because by the grace of God, our flag bearer will be the next President of Nigeria.” He had barely finished his last sentence when BoT chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, countered with a response, saying Port Harcourt has not been agreed upon by all the parties. He said: “The issue of venue is still on and is not concluded because there are many suggestions on the issue of venue. We will look at all the suggestions and I want to assure you that the issue of venue will be resolved. “But for now, we are working round the clock to ensure that we have a very suitable venue accepted by everybody. I want to say that everyone of us should come together and ensure that we have a venue suitable to all of us.”


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pdp has been reduced to south south and south east region party.
with the way wike is operating pdp from his room in portharcourt the northerners will soon abandon pdp to ss/se