The intractable crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is far from over as the Nyesom Wike-led group has marschaled out conditions that must be met for the November National Convention of the party to hold.
Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has been in a running battle with the party leadership for several months.
He is, however, with the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu who was restored to his position after several months of standoff.
But Anyanwu, apparently working with Wike, is said to have signed notification to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the November convention.
Earlier on Monday, Wike hinted that he would meet with his group, during which their stand would be made known.
On Monday night, he gathered the PDP members in Abuja where they tabled conditions that must be met before the condition.
The meeting was attended by the PDP National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu; former Governors of Abia, Benue, Ekiti, and Enugu States, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, Ayo Fayose, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, respectively.
Also at the meeting were the House of Representatives Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda; Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule.
Others present included serving and former members of the National Assembly; North Central and South-South National Vice Chairmen, Abdulrahman Mohammed and Dan Orbih; as well as Abia, Benue, FCT, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers States PDP Chairmen, among others.
One of the conditions given by the Wike team is that the position of the National Chairman must remain in the North Central.
They also called for the conduct of a fresh South-East Zonal Congress, congresses in Ebonyi and Anambra States, as well as a local government congress in Ekiti State.
They also demanded that the outcome of the South-South Congress held in Calabar, Cross River State, on February 22, 2025, and recognised by the court, be respected.
In the communique read by Ortom, the leaders said members of the party would be disenfranchised and the National Convention invalid if these demands are not met.
Meanwhile, a good number of those at the meeting are known to be openly supporting the re-election of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2027.
NATIONAL POST recalls that Wike is also opposing Mr Peter Obi's return to the PDP, claiming that he would destroy the party.
