Pending any last minute intervention, the warring camps within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are poised for a showdown at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which is less than 24 hours away.
Checks reveal that the camps led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, are locked in for a showdown of sorts.
It was learnt that both sides, battling for the soul of the party, have refused to yield ground, in the tussle that hopes to define the party’s stature ahead of the 2027 election.
The tussle between both camps crystallised in the demand for acting national chairman, Ambassador Illiya Damagum’s resignation and the emergence of an acting national chairman from the North Central geo-political zone as originally planned by the party.
However, there are hopes by some party members, who spoke to LEADERSHIP on condition of anonymity, that the party’s caucus and Board of Trustees (BoT) will meet on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
The caucus, which comprises the PDP governors, former party leaders, some BoT members, and ranking party lawmakers, is regarded as the nucleus of top decision making of the party. The BoT, on the other hand, comprises elders of the party.
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This comes as an advocacy group within the p, named PDP100%, has urged the NEC to ask Atiku to forgo his 2027 ambition and suspend Wike from all party activities, saying such decision will serve as the panacea to the raging imbroglio in the party.
The National Working Committee (NWC) was locked in a meeting yesterday in Wadata House, the party’s nahtional headquarters, ahead of the NEC meeting.
A party source told LEADERSHIP that the meeting was “to brainstorm for the NEC meeting and ensure a hitch-free engagement.”
Credit: Leadership