A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu, has criticized the National Convention held by the party in Ibadan, Oyo State, over the weekend.
During an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Anyanwu described the recently concluded PDP convention as a mere jamboree.
He claimed that the PDP failed to meet the necessary requirements for conducting a convention, as several states had yet to hold their congresses.
Anyanwu further noted that the results from states that successfully held their congresses had not been communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a faction of the PDP decided to conduct the Ibadan convention.
“16 states had not even done their congresses; the entire South-East has not done their congress. All that happened yesterday [Saturday] was a jamboree,” Anyanwu stated.
“Even the ones done earlier have not been communicated to INEC,” he added.
Highlighting the absence of several states from the Ibadan convention, Anyanwu declared that the convention was simply illegal.
“When I heard somebody yesterday at the convention, when they were celebrating, having their jamboree, saying that we must obey the rules of the party, I laughed,” he remarked.
Trendgoss News reports that the Ibadan convention expelled some PDP chieftains, including Nyesom Wike, Ayo Fayose, and others, and also announced Taminu Turaki as the new National Chairman of the party.
