PDP Leaders Insist on North-Central Chairman Amid Party Crisis

Wike-Led PDP Faction Insists Chairmanship Must Stay in North-Central

ABUJA, Nigeria — A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has called on the party to restrict its national chairmanship contest to the north-central region, warning that failure to do so could undermine the credibility of its November national convention. In a communiqué issued after a meeting in Abuja on Monday, September 1, 2025, the group — known as the Eminent Leaders and …

Wike’s Loyalists insist PDP Chair must remain in North-Central, demand fresh congresses

Prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have declared that the office of the party’s National Chairman must remain in the North-Central region, in line with the zoning arrangement adopted at the 2021 convention. The PDP stakeholders, under the platform of Eminent Leaders and Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP, met on Monday night in Abuja to deliberate …

PDP Leaders Give Conditions For Convention, Want Chairman Retained In N/Central, Demand Fresh South-East, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Anambra Congresses - Thepodiummedia

Notable leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who are loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, have demanded the retention of the 2021 convention’s zoning arrangements, insisting that the National Chairman must remain in the North-Central. The PDP leaders, who met in Abuja on Monday night, under the auspices of Eminent Leaders and Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP, also called for the conduct of a fresh So…

PDP Leaders Insist on North-Central Chairman Amid Party Crisis

A group of prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria, loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike…