The Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), will have over 3,000 delegates from across the country in
attendance.
The Eagles Square in Abuja is the venue of the event.
This convention will be the first of such gathering, since the Supreme Court’s
decision to reinstate the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) led by
Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi.
One of the issues on the agenda at the convention, will be the
extension of the NCC’s tenure, to enable it organize an elective
national convention, as well as oversee constitution ammendment.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye,
told a press conference on Friday: “Tomorrow (Saturday) by the grace of
God, it’s going to be a carnival-like atmosphere the like of which we
have never seen before.
“PDP members are coming to Abuja to celebrate, to tell Nigerians that
this party has been reawakened and the party is poised not only to
challenge for power but again, to begin a new era of good governance
come 2019.
“Our members have started arriving from various states of the
federation and we are expecting over 3,000 delegates and all the foreign
missions and international observers have been invited.”
He added: “And we have every cause to celebrate. God took us out of a major crisis that almost killed the party.
“The significance of the Supreme Court judgment is not really
appreciated by so many people. If that decision had been otherwise, we
would not have been here today. There may been no PDP at all as we know
it.
“But we give glory to God that with that judgment, the PDP has been
given a new lifeline and we believe that we will use that opportunity to
reposition the party to do better even better than when we were in
government.
“So, we have every cause to celebrate and this is the convention of
every member of this party and even Nigerians because Nigerians rejoiced
with us when we won at the Supreme Court.
“They remember with nostalgia the good era of PDP when we were in
power. They now compare that with the suffering they are going through
now and Nigerians are yearning for a return of PDP government to power.”