Details of how the Caucus of the southwest of the Democratic Party of the Peoples (PDP) can adopt a favorite candidate for the National Secretary before the National Convention of the party between November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, the capital of the state of Oyo emerged on Monday on Monday.
Tribune Nigeriano remembers that the battle for the position, which is in southeast areas in the outgoing dispensation, was mired in controversy and litigation between two trends, which left the PDP almost in limbo for approximately two years.
The PDP finally complied with one of the claimants of the position, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, in an apparent commitment at the Centenary National Executive Party Committee.
Some main stakeholders in the party told The Nigerian Tribune that southwest leaders were celebrating broad consultations on how to create a consensus candidate since the position is already transferred to the geopolitical area before the elective convention.
A source said that two great PDP huts of the southwest have in London as a more faithful lobbying for parties for their favorite choice of the state of Ogun, which is microzonado with the state of lakes.
By the way, the current Deputy National Secretary of PDP, the architect Setonji Koshedo, comes from Lagos.
Other heads of parties informed the Nigerian tribe that Governor Seyi Makinde of the State of Oyo would be given the right to present a possible preferred candidate due to the status and the strategic position of the governor of two periods in PDP Caucus in the southwest.
But his choice, according to leaders, would not be automatic, since he will be subject to due process since, in the words of one of the elders of the PDP; PDP is not a single man show.
The interested parties also ruled out the possibility that heard or heard or Osun obtained the privilege of presenting candidates for the position of National Secretary, since both states currently have the positions of the vice president and national vice president/Zonal President, respectively.
In a memorandum dated September 1, 2025, addressed to the national president of the PDP through the National Vice President (South), the Zoning Committee for the Southern Region, Zonify the National Auditor OPF Positions and the Deputy National Organizing Secretary together with the National Secretary of the South South.
The Committee recommended the positions of the National Secretary of Financials, Deputy National Secretary, leader of national women and attached national leader to the southeast, while the offices of the National Deputy Director (South), Secretary of National Advertising, Deputy National Treasurer and Deputy National Legal Advisor for the South-South.
Speaking to The Nigerian Tribune on the phone about the preparations for the PDP Convention with respect to national offices, a former national president of PDP, Chief Bode George, emphasized the question of the privileged who would be given governor Makinde and a greater contribution is contributed that arises as the candidate of Consensus of the Southwest as national secretary, in the consultations with other elderly part of the thought of the thought.
George, who is a member of the PDP trustee Board, said: “The governor should have an interest in who emerges as a candidate for the position given his position in the Southwest PDP Caucus. Although it is not automatic, we must recognize the governor. We will share what is left.
“If there are certain things that we observe that they need collective action, we will solve them. He knows what he wants in consultations with the elderly.
“Whatever it brings, we will approve and if there are problems, we will address and move forward. That is the way the PDP works, once it is something that will bring comfort, unity and progress to the southwest.
He said that the PDP “was not like the other political party because there is no place for arbitrariness; we have had all the congresses at the neighborhood level, local and state.”
“The position they gave us, we will have to call a meeting and work with the elderly. We will establish contacts and receive everyone’s support. It is a collective responsibility. It is not a private property,” said Chief George.
A former National Vice President of PDP, Chief Eddy Olufeso, said that all the processes that will culminate in the National Convention remain fluid, citing the conduct of Ward’s congresses at local and state levels so far.
He said that leaders do not imagine any form of hypo due to the ongoing collaboration efforts of the critical stakeholders in the PDP to guarantee the appearance of formidable structures.
Similarly, a member of the Board of Trustees (Bot) of the party, Senator Olu Alabi, told Nigeria Tribune that the leaders arranged by leaders to produce a consensus candidate for the position of National Secretary.
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