‘We’re Aware of APC’s Plots’ – Damagum-Led PDP Dares Wike’s Camp, Vows to Hold National Convention

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national working committee (NWC), led by Umar Damagum, has declared that the national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo’s capital, will proceed as scheduled.

Debo Ologunagba, a PDP spokesperson and secretary of the national convention’s press and information subcommittee, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.

He advised party members to ignore false assertions made by those who spread false information.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) “recruited those spreading rumors of the convention postponement in its failed attempt to stop the PDP national convention,” according to Ologunagba.

“We are aware of the APC’s schemes to undermine the opposition and establish a one-party state in the nation; this plan will be legally opposed,” Ologunagba declared.

“To ensure a successful National Convention in Ibadan as scheduled, the NCOC and the Party will continue to work diligently around the clock.”

Ologunagba’s remarks coincide with contradictory court decisions that have both stopped and allowed the national convention to proceed.

The PDP was prevented from convening the election convention by a federal high court in Abuja.

However, a state high court in Oyo gave the PDP and Damagum permission to carry out the event on November 4.

Another judge at the federal high court in Abuja prevented the party from having the convention on November 11.

Additionally, the judge prohibited the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from overseeing, keeping an eye on, or acknowledging the results of any convention.