The controversy surrounding the state of today’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting, has left the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) divided as two factions within the party have decided to proceed with two parallel NEC meetings.
Growing tensions over party leadership and procedural disputes with INEC are the reasons behind the decision.
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Following a closed-door meeting with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, Senator Adolphus Wabara, the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, and Chief Ali Odefa, the party’s South East Zonal Chairman, at Government House in Enugu yesterday, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah declared his full support for the National Working Committee’s (NWC), the Board of Trustees’, and the South East Zonal Executive Committee’s (ZEC) stance on the crisis trembling the party.
According to reports, Senator Anyanwu, who was controversially reinstated by Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, has called an expanded caucus meeting while the National Working Committee (NWC) is holding the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
The meeting will include statutory members of the National caucus, deputy national officers, members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), state chairmen, members of the National Assembly caucus, former members of the National Working Committee (NWC), national ex-officio members, former governors, and immediate past governors’ candidates, according to a notice sent out by Senator Anyanwu last night.
The notification emphasised the urgency and exclusivity of the discussions by stating that attendance was strictly by invitation.
Internal leadership conflicts and procedural violations identified by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have caused controversy surrounding the extended caucus meeting and the 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which is also set for June 30.
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As a result of the event, there were conflicts within the PDP. Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary, insisted that INEC had no right to meddle in the internal affairs of the party.
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