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The Digest:

The PDP's newly elected leadership has postponed its inaugural National Executive Committee meeting to Wednesday, following violent clashes at the party headquarters, where rival factions created chaos that forced a temporary retreat.

Key Points:
  • Chairman Kabiru Turaki announced the postponement despite governors and BoT members already gathering.
  • He credited the FCT Police Commissioner with providing security for their access to the secretariat.
  • Turaki accused Nyesom Wike's faction of instigating chaos and sponsoring security force actions.
  • The chairman declared Wike, Samuel Anyanwu, and other expelled members "enemies of democracy."
  • He vowed the PDP is prepared to "lay down our lives" to defend the party's progress.
  • The decision highlights deepening divisions within Nigeria's main opposition party.
  • Security operatives were heavily deployed as rival groups confronted each other.

Sources: Premium Times, The Cable