The national executive committee
(NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party has resolved to hold its national
convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.
This is despite the opposition by
some top members of the opposition party.
The decision to go ahead with the
Port Harcourt venue was reached at the NEC meeting which held at the national
headquarters of the party in Abuja on Friday.
On Monday, the national working
committee (NWC) and board of trustees, (BoT) of the party disagreed over the
choice of Port Harcourt for the convention.
While the NWC is in support of
Port Harcourt, the BoT said appropriate consultation was not made before the
venue was picked.
It therefore called for
consideration of alternative venues. Some presidential aspirants also differed
over the said venue.
They reportedly claimed that
Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, would have an domineering influence on the
convention if it held in Rivers.
However, Wike threatened to teach
PDP a bitter lesson if the party changes the convention venue.
“Let me warn the party, if you
dare, Rivers State will teach the party a lesson. Those days have passed when
they took Rivers State for granted. Nobody can use and dump Rivers state,” Wike
had said.
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