Preparations for Saturday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elective national convention have gathered momentum despite conflicting court verdicts over whether or not the gathering should hold.
This comes as the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan yesterday extended its interim order forbidding any interference with the party’s convention, scheduled to hold in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday.
The court fixed Friday for hearing of the substantive case.
Checks by LEADERSHIP showed that party leaders and delegates have already arrived in the Oyo State capital for the convention, which will also elect new national leadership for the party.
The National Secretary of the convention, Senator Ben Obi, chairmen of the sub-committees, and party leaders were seen inspecting the venue for the gathering — the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.
Meanwhile, delegates for the national convention are expected to arrive in the state capital from Friday.
Recall that two court verdicts, filed by a camp led by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, and founding PDP member, Sule Lamido, had opposed the holding of the convention through legal processes.
Two Abuja High Courts had granted the pleas of Wike and Lamido, filed separately, for the party’s gathering not to hold as scheduled.
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