The Governor Seriake Dickson-led National Reconciliatory Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which was set up to resolve the dispute over the emergence of Prince Uche Secondus as the National Chairman, has been criss-crossing the Southwest. LEKE SALAUDEEN examines the chances of the committee in tackling the post-convention crisis and the chances of the party in the Southwest in 2019.
THE major fallout at the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention in Abuja was the displeasure expressed by chieftains of the party from the Southwest that the region has been robbed of the opportunity of producing the national chairmanship position, which went to Prince Uche Secondus from the Southsouth state of Rivers.
The process leading to the convention had been perceived by Southwest PDP leaders as an affront to the Yoruba race. They argued that Secondus should not have come into the race, because the chairmanship had been ‘micro-zoned’ to the Southwest.
PDP’s move to reconcile aggrieved Southwest leaders
