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The Digest:

Umar Damagum-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared its planned national convention will proceed as scheduled, directly challenging both court injunctions and the faction backed by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. The party accuses the ruling APC of engineering a plot to destabilize the opposition and impose a one-party state.

Key Points:
  • The PDP's Damagum-led NWC insists the national convention will hold on November 15-16 in Ibadan.
  • Spokesman Debo Ologunagba accused the APC of spreading fake news to destabilize the party.
  • The declaration defies multiple court orders from Abuja halting the convention.
  • A separate Oyo State court had previously ordered the party to proceed with the event.
  • The party is deeply divided, with Damagum and Wike-backed factions suspending each other.
  • Samuel Anyanwu's faction appointed Abdulrahman Mohammed as acting chairman.
  • The convention's status remains uncertain amid conflicting court rulings and internal crises.
As legal and political storms collide, the PDP's resolve to convene tests the strength of its fractured structures and the very foundations of its opposition role.

Sources: The Cable