Prominent PDP leaders have called for the party to keep the zoning arrangements from its 2021 convention.
They did this while insisting that the National Chairman’s role must continue to be in the North Central
Under the sponsorship of PDP Eminent Leaders and Concerned Stakeholders, the leaders who support Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, convened in Abuja on Monday evening.
They demanded that a new South-East Zonal Congress be held, that congresses be held in Anambra and Ebonyi States, and that a local government congress be held in Ekiti State.
They also called for respect for the court-recognized results of the South-South Congress, which was held in Calabar, Cross River State, on February 22, 2025.
Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom read the meeting’s communiqué, which included these demands.
According to the communique, if these demands are not fulfilled, party members will lose their voting rights and the National Convention will be deemed void.
Wike, PDP National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu, and former Abia, Benue, Ekiti, and Enugu State governors Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, Ayo Fayose, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi were among those in attendance.
Martins Amaewhule, the speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and Kingsley Chinda, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, were also present at the meeting.
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