Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state has joined other major Peoples Democratic Party, PDP leaders who will not attend the National Convention slated for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
It’s not yet certain whether two other PDP Governors, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang of Plateau and Agbu Kefas of Taraba states, respectively will also attend the event, after rumours that they were planning to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. .
Ahead the event starting on Saturday, activities are already in top gear as many PDP delegates from across the country have arrived the state.
According to sources, the Rivers state helmsman may have decided to boycott the event alongside his Godfather, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, whose faction secured a judgment from an Abuja High Court, two weeks ago to stop the Convention from taking place this weekend.
The Wike group has secured two court judgments stopping the party from holding the Convention.
But a High Court in Oyo state, has issued an order directing the National Convention to hold.
Many PDP leaders including a former senate President Bukola Saraki has described the Convention as a waste of time due to the counter court judgments over its propriety.
Saraki said on Thursday that the leaders of the party should focus on reconciling feuding parties, rather than going ahead with the Convention whose outcome could end up being nullified by the courts.
The former Kwara state governor also warned that the situation posed a serious threat not just to the PDP but also to Nigeria’s democracy, saying what’s going on in the party could polarise the party the more. .
“It is clear that going ahead with the National Convention in Ibadan on November 15–16, 2025, will only serve to further fuel the present crisis.
“Therefore, going ahead with the Convention as scheduled is a waste of efforts. It does not have my support,” Saraki said.
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