Despite the sealing up of the Shark Stadium, by Fierce looking Policemen as allegedly directed by the Presidency, the People Democratic Party, PDP, has secretly held a mini National Convention at the State Secretariat, Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Post-Nigeria gathered.
Post-Nigeria, had earlier reported that security operatives sealed up the venue of the PDP National Convention earlier today, Wednesday, August 17, 2016.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday, August 16, ordered the suspension of the Convention, barring the Police and Electoral Officials from the event.
Recall, that another Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had earlier ordered the PDP to go ahead with the Convention.
A top PDP source who was at the venue of the mini-Convention told Post-Nigeria that the Convention, which was presided over by the Chairman of Convention Planning Committee, Nyesom Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers State and other Party Leaders, Governors and Delegates, took the following decisions:
1. Dissolving the earlier agenda to conduct elections into various offices to fill the vacuum orchestrated by the expiration of the tenure of the former Working Committee members.
2. The Convention ratified the constitution of the National Caretaker Committee, as constituted by the 21st May, 2016 Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
3. Extended the tenure of the National Caretaker Committee ably led by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, CON, by 12 months, that is, 1 year, to enable the Party resolve all pending legal issues in Courts.
4. The Convention also increased the number of the Caretaker Committee members from 7 to 13, in order to cater for all the offices available in the NWC, and include all the zones of the Federation.
The Convention was then adjourned to a later date.
The Convention was then adjourned to a later date.
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