Heavy security has been deployed to the PDP national headquarters in Abuja as “two rival factions, each claiming authentic leadership of the party, prepare to hold separate meetings at the same location.”
Already, the Samuel Anyanwu–led NWC “has arrived at the PDP national headquarters,” with Anyanwu “insisting he remains the party’s national secretary until his tenure expires in December and settling into his office despite the brewing leadership dispute.”
When asked whether he invited the security operatives who had “barricaded major sections outside the premises,” Anyanwu “confirmed that he did.”
The PDP faction led by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State held a national convention in Ibadan where it “elected a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), as its national chairman.”
During the convention on November 15, the party expelled FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and the national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, “from the party for anti-party activities.”
Other chieftains expelled were Umar Bature, Adeyemi Ajibade (SAN), Mohammed Abdulrahman, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, Austine Nwachukwu, Abraham Amah, George Turner, and Chief Dan Orbih.
A chieftain of the PDP, Bode George, “had moved the motion for the expulsion of 11 key members, citing what he described as activities inconsistent with the party’s collective interest as reasons for the move.”
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