Indication to this emerged on Tuesday as our correspondent learnt that the party’s National Working Committee, ahead of the state ward congresses, may have opted for an implementation committee to organise the congresses.
It was learnt that nomination forms have already been given to the chairman of the committee, Alhaji Yunus Akintunde, to carry out the exercise in accordance with the party’s guidelines.
Akintunde emerged as the committee’s boss based on the recommendation of the party by its National Peace and Reconciliation Committee headed by Senator Ike Nwachukwu.
The development came at a time when the party led by Chief Dejo Afolabi announced that it has postponed the congresses earlier scheduled for Tuesday (yesterday) till Saturday.
The faction had on Monday told journalists that the submission of nominations forms for aspirants by midnight on Monday.
Currently, the two sides are laying claim to what they called the authentic forms for aspirants.
But Akintunde had in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, called on all the 33 coordinators of the PDP across all the councils in the state to come forward for further briefing on Thursday on the guidelines to follow in electing delegates at ward levels as directed by the PDP NWC.
He asked all intending delegates to come forward to obtain their forms at Old-Ife road PDP secretariat of their faction.
Source: http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201009224343467
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