Tension within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) became worse on Monday after the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, announced emergency meetings of two of the party’s most powerful organs.
In a notice released by the group’s National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, and amplified online by Mr. Lere Olayinka, media aide to the FCT Minister, the faction disclosed that both the Board of Trustees (BoT) and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party would meet on Tuesday, 18th November, at the PDP national headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
According to the announcement, the BoT meeting is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., while the NEC meeting will immediately follow at 2:00 p.m.
The statement described members’ attendance as “critical,” stressing that urgent issues affecting the party’s direction would be discussed.
The move was made few days after top members of the party in Wike’s camp, including the FCT Minister himself, Sen. Anyanwu, former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, the party’s Legal Adviser, Alhaji Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, Chief Austin Nwachukwu, and others — were expelled at the national convention of the party held by the rival faction in Ibadan on Saturday.
Their expulsion followed a motion moved by Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Chairman (South).
The Ibadan faction also elected Dr. Kabiru Turaki as the new National Chairman.
