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ANALYSIS: Inside the endless crises in Southwest PDP The PDP controls just one of six South-west states but its seemingly unresolvable crises may lead to even the loss of that state. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had planned to hold its zonal congresses this weekend. That of the South-west was, however, rescheduled for Monday in Osogbo, Osun State, following a disagreement over the initial arrangement to hold the event in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday. Like that of the South-west, that of some other zones were also rescheduled due to different crises. The forced rescheduling of the Sou...

Lagos chapter of PDP has called for immediate discontinuation of their trial of #OccupyLekki protesters, describing the arrest, humiliation

Share Meeting of the South-West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) meant to bring together party members on the sides of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State was aborted following the absence of Fayose and his loyalists. Fayose’s seat which was tagged was conspicuously left unoccupied at the Oyo State Government House, Ibadan, which was the venue of the meeting. Present at the venue of the aborted meeting was Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who was meant to serve as a mediator between Makinde and Fayose. Others present at the Oyo Government H...

The chairman however dismissed the suspension. Our correspondent reports that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party may soon intervene in the crisis. Daily Trust learnt that trouble started for the embattled chairman when he was at a forum in Lagos where Fayose called for the retirement of elders in the party, including the former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George. Sources said chieftains of the party loyal to George were exasperated that Doherty could sit at a forum where Fayose was denigrating leaders of the party. This explains why the party spokesman Taofiq Gani a...

But the duo of Dosunmu and Gani dismissed the purported suspension, which they said was a lie. Doherty told Daily Trust that 38 out of 57 members of the state executive suspended the party’s exco members at a forum. When contacted, the state secretary accused the chairman of forging people’s signatures, insisting that he remains the secretary of the party. When contacted, the publicity secretary also described his suspension as a lie. Rather he issued a statement that the chairman had ‘resigned’ but the chairman dismissed the claim. Similarly, the State Legal Adviser, A.T Muyideen dis...