{"id":123822,"date":"2025-11-17T14:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123822"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:55:51","slug":"face-off-looms-as-wike-led-pdp-faction-summons-emergency-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/face-off-looms-as-wike-led-pdp-faction-summons-emergency-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Face-Off Looms as Wike-led PDP Faction Summons Emergency Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fresh showdown is looming in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, move to convene an emergency meeting in Abuja, just 48 hours after the party announced their expulsion at its national convention in Ibadan.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the National Elective Convention on Saturday, the PDP expelled Wike, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and several other loyalists of the former Rivers State governor.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Undeterred, the Wike-led faction on Monday issued a notice summoning members to a meeting at the party\u2019s National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The notice, signed by factional National Secretary Senator Anyanwu, called on members of the National Executive Council (NEC) and the Board of Trustees (BoT) to attend, describing the gathering as mandatory since \u201ccrucial matters will be discussed and addressed.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move signals a likely showdown between the opposing blocs amid the party\u2019s deepening crisis.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Observers say the convention, which went ahead despite a court injunction sought by former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido and without oversight from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), may eventually not ease the party\u2019s woes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plagued by internal disputes and legal battles, the PDP faces an uncertain future as it struggles to navigate what many describe as a storm of self-inflicted crises.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo A fresh showdown is looming in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, move to convene an emergency meeting&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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