- Senator Buruji Kashamu's men reportedly dump PDP for mega party
- Organs of the PDP hold meetings at the party’s secretariat in Abuja to discuss the future of the party
Following the fallout of the Supreme Court’s judgement which sacked Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some members of his faction in the south west have reportedly defected to the mega party.
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Olalere Olayinka, the media aide to the Ekiti state governor who described the reported defection as good news in a Facebook post on Wednesday, July 19, stated that the decampees also included Buruji Kashamu's men.
See the post by Olayinka below:
Meanwhile, top members of the PDP have met in Abuja to discuss the future of the party following the court judgement which resolved the leadership crisis which rocked the party.
Organs of the party have been having a series of meetings which began on Monday, July 17.
Some of the members who met on Monday, included former presidents and vice Presidents, PDP governors, national executive committee (NEC) members, Board of Trustees (BoT) members, National Assembly members, former PDP governors, former PDP Ministers and all former National Officers of the Party.
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In another meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party met by 11am, while the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party had a meeting by 2pm.
All the meetings took place at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja.
In the video below, NAIJ.com former president, Goodluck Jonathan, said that the PDP must work towards strengthening itself because Nigerians still have faith in the party.