The National Caucus meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which started on Monday would continue on Tuesday.
The PDP Caucus meeting held following the shifting of the NEC meeting earlier scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reports that Monday’s meeting which had members of the Governors’ Forum, the Board of Trustees leadership, and the peace committee headed by former Senate President Bukola Saraki ended without a conclusion.
It was learnt that Tuesday’s meeting would decide when the NEC meeting would be held.
PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, told newsmen after nearly three hours of the caucus meeting in Abuja on Monday that the discussions would resume today by 10am.
Damagum, in company of the PDP governors, said the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting would decide if the NEC meeting will take place.
According to Damagum, “As you can see, we just adjourned our meeting for today (Monday) till tomorrow (today) 10am. This meeting is going to continue. We just set up a small committee that would give us a report and tomorrow (today) morning, we’ll continue.”
Absent from the meeting were some of the PDP National Caucus such as former Vice Presidents Atiku Abubakar and Namadi Sambo, former Senate President David Mark and former Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.
It was learnt that the meeting was adjourned for the Saraki panel to meet with some party leaders Monday night.
A source in Monday’s meeting revealed that “The meeting has been adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday. Tonight, some of the party leaders will meet Saraki’s panel will also meet and present solution reports tomorrow.
“These solution-based reports will set the pace to reopen peace discussions and determine if the NEC meeting can hold as scheduled. If not, a new date for the NEC meeting will be announced.”
The PDP has been in deep internal political crises both before and after the 2023 elections.
The crises include that of Rivers State currently under state of emergency, disputes over the South South Zonal Congress, the controversy surrounding the position of the party’s National Secretary, and most recently, the North Central Zonal Congress, have further destabilised the party.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, along with Governors Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Ahmadu Fintiri (Taraba), and others rejected the decisions made by the National Working Committee and the PDP Governors’ Forum.
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, reportedly masterminded the decisions, seen as withering down the political influence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
