Just in: PDP gov candidates meet NWC amid party crises

Amidst the internal crises rocking the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee is currently locked in a meeting with governorship candidates of the party across the 36 States of the federation at the party’s headquarters in Wuse, Abuja.

The meeting is being attended by all PDP governorship candidates except the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who is currently out of the country.

Similarly, the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, who was also absent at the time the meeting began was said to have sent in his apologies, noting that he would join as the session continues.

The closed-door meeting is tagged an interactive session between the party national leadership and the party candidates ahead of the 2023 elections.

The meeting comes amid calls for the national chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, to step aside by Nyesom Wike’s camp, as part of conditions for resolution of the impasse over the choice of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the party’s presidential running mate.