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Abuja-Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s make or mar National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting scheduled for April 17 and 18, party stakeholders and power blocs have renewed their battle for control of the party structure.
As contending power blocs prominent among which are party stalwarts whose political interests align with that of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,FCT, Nyesom Wike, and those of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, battle for supremacy, the stage appears set for a showdown.
Already, the pro-Wike camp has secured a court injunction barring Prince Uche Secondus, a former national chairman of the party and an Atiku ally from attending the NEC or any other PDP meeting, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
Feelers indicate that the Atiku camp has initiated moves to vacate the order. It was not immediately clear as at yesterday, whether the party leadership which was joined in the suit, has been served.
When contacted, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, himself a trained lawyer, said: “I’m not in a position to say whether or not we’ve been served.
“I should be in a position to say that when we resume from the holidays next week. In any case, the litigant will be in a better position at this time to state whether service has been effected by producing evidence to prove his claim
Both Atiku and Wike’s camps are interested in how the agitation over the position of national chairman as well as the contention over the extension granted some ward, local government and state caretaker committees are resolved because their continued relevance in the party’s scheme of things depends on it.
Findings by Vanguard in Abuja, revealed that several governors, especially first termers, are displeased with what they considered an attempt by some of their predecessors to either retain or wrestle control of the party structure from them in their various states.
A highly placed member of the party’s NEC who spoke in confidence, in order not to preempt the meeting, explained that so many issues which had been left to linger since the 2023 election would be thrashed out.
The source said: “We will be dealing with a lot of issues, the latest of which is the issue of the recent constitution of caretaker committees by the National Working Committee.