The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the Zonal Congress organised a few weeks ago by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and his camp and fixed a new date for Saturday, April 12.
In the same vein, the NWC also approved the shifting of the South West and North Central Zonal Congresses from the earlier scheduled date of Saturday, March 22, to Saturday, April 12.
The Zonal Congresses will hold simultaneously in Port Harcourt, Rivers State (South South Zone); Ibadan, Oyo State (South West Zone) and Jos, Plateau State (North Central Zone) to elect the Executives Officers and National Ex-Officio Members for the respective Zonal Chapters in line with the Constitution and Guidelines of our great Party.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba made this known in a statement to the media.
According to him, the NWC charges all aspirants, leaders, critical stakeholders, teeming members of our Party in the respective Zones, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Security Agencies and the Media to note the scheduled date of Saturday, April 12 for the Zonal Congresses for South South, South West and North Central Zones of our Party and be guided accordingly.
Wike had led his camp into a Congress in Cross River State without the input and participation of the national and zonal leaderships of the party.
While alos shifting the National Executive Meeting of the party to elect substantive leaders for the party, the party has also fixed new dates to elect executive in three of the six zones who would become elective members of NEC.
The move by the party effectively removed the party from Wike’s control in the South-South, a move that may free Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara from overt pressure from him.
Wike is from Rivers and has been detecting and influencing the direction of the party in the state, shutting out the his successor since they fell out.
He’s serving in the All Progressives Congress-led federal government and has fought every move to expel him.
Many party members she accused him of disrupting and working to destroy the party for the APC.
