Wike, Makinde factions schedule meetings for national secretariat

The two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, have scheduled their National Executive Committee meetings for the national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Tuesday.

Both factions issued notices for the meetings on Monday, with the Wike faction adding that the Board of Trustees would also meet.

The acting National Chairman of the Wike faction, Muhammed Abdulrahman, through a notice by the National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, summoned the emergency NEC and BoT meetings.

The meetings, according to the notice issued on Monday by Anyanwu, who was suspended on Saturday by the Makinde faction, will be held at the NEC Hall of the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.

While the meeting of the BoT faction is scheduled for 11am, that of NEC will be held at 2pm.

The PDP secretariat had been under lock and key following the emergence of factions within the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).

The National Chairman of the Makinde faction, Taming Turaki, confirmed their own NEC meeting also on Monday.

This was after his visit to the headquarters of the FCT Police Command, where he reported the Wike-led faction of plotting to disrupt party activities.

Speaking to newsmen after the visit, Turaki said: “We came to interface with the Commissioner of Police of the FCT regarding the meeting we plan to have tomorrow. 

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“It will be the inaugural meeting of our National Working Committee.

“Next to God, the national convention is the highest authority of a political party. 

“Those expelled are no longer members of our party. 

“We’ve reported their moves because we do not want any breach of peace.”

Turaki warned that any group attempting to operate from the secretariat outside the newly elected leadership would be treated as “interlopers”.

He vowed to personally lead the new NWC into the headquarters on Tuesday (today).

He said: “We are prepared to defend our party and our democracy.”

After his return from the police headquarters, the Turaki-led NWC issued its own invitation to stakeholders for an emergency meeting at the same venue.

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