2,800 delegates cleared for PDP convention

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At least 2,800 delegates have been cleared to participate in the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) slated for December 9 in Abuja.

The figure could be higher as the list is yet to accommodate delegates from Osun State where the elective congresses have not been conducted.

Rising from its 77th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, the party dismissed threats by some stakeholders to conduct a parallel convention to ventilate their grievances.

While some of the aspirants have complained about the failure of the party leadership to micro-zone the position of chairman to the South West, others aspirants have kicked against the micro -zoning of position of National Secretary.

The party has thrown the contest for chairmanship position open to all the three geopolitical zones in the South, while micro-zoning that of National Secretary to Kaduna and Katsina States.

Briefing journalists shortly after the meeting, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, confirmed that the NEC had approved the decisions on zoning of offices.

Adeyeye also said the NEC has approved the list of the convention committee and other sub committees set up for the purpose of the convention.

He, however, declined to reveal the identities of members of the committee.

The party spokesman disclosed that the NEC warned aspirants to the various positions against campaign of calumny and utterances that could hurt their opponents in the course of campaign.

In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, said the leadership has refused to take offence at the criticisms and verbal attacks directed at him by the various aspirants.