The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced that its elective national convention will be held in November 2025.
The national elective convention was initially scheduled to hold in August but has been moved to November.
This was disclosed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Thursday during the party’s 101st National Executive Committee meeting.
Ologunagba stated that the convention will now take place in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, instead of the initial venue of Kano State.
Meanwhile, the Acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum, disclosed that most party members who had left for the coalition have started returning.
Damagum said those affected have started confessing that they never left the PDP but only attended a few coalition meetings.
The acting National Chairman described the coalition as a failed political experiment. He assured that only the PDP has the structure, national reach, and legacy to lead Nigeria forward.
Damagum insisted that only the PDP has what it takes to reclaim power from the All Progressives Congress-led government.
2027: PDP zones presidency to South
UNLIKE what it did in 2023, when it threw its presidential ticket open, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned its 2027 ticket to the South.
This is in tandem with Wednesday’s decision of founding fathers of the party.
The NEC adopted the recommendation to zone the 2027 presidential ticket to the South, an outcome viewed as aligning with Makinde’s potential presidential ambition.
The decision was confirmed during the party’s 101st National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting held in Abuja, yesterday.
The move is seen as a strategic effort to boost Makinde’s influence in the party, possibly to the disadvantage of Wike and his loyalists.
The NEC meeting, chaired by acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, brought together top PDP leaders to tackle key issues affecting party unity and electoral readiness ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This came as Damagun boasted of PDP’s fortunes despite recent defections to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, saying that many of the defectors had returned to the PDP.
But the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, said that many defectors would return to the party if it delivers strong and inspiring leadership at its upcoming national convention.
Also, Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Governor of Bauch State, Senator Bala Mohammed, said the party was ready to welcome the defectors.
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Communique Issued at the end of the 101st Meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
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Today, Thursday, 24th July, 2025.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its 101st meeting today, Thursday, 24th July, 2025 extensively deliberated on the state of the Party and resolved as follows:
1.NEC expressed satisfaction over the resolution of all contentions and disagreements within the Party which again demonstrates the engrained patriotic disposition of PDP members and our Party’s democratic principles of dialogue, mutual understanding and commitment to the overall interest of the PDP and the common good of all Nigerians.
2.NEC reassures all Party members and Nigerians that the PDP remains a strong, united, cohesive, stable and focused political Party repositioned to effectively play its role as the leading opposition Party in galvanizing all efforts towards rescuing our dear nation from the catastrophic misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
3.Pursuant to the foregoing, NEC approved the year 2025 Elective National Convention Schedule of Activities and Timetable. Under the approved Timetable, the Elective National Convention to elect the next set of National Officers of our Party will hold on Saturday, 15th to Sunday, 16th November, 2025 in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital.
4.Consequently, NEC directed the Acting National Chairman, His Excellency, Amb. Iliya Damagum and the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu to officially write to inform the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
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of the time, venue and agenda of the Elective National Convention in accordance with the requirement of Section 82 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 and Part 2(12) of the Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, 2022.
5.Accordingly, NEC approved the membership composition of the National Convention Committee as well as the membership composition of the National Convention Zoning Committee to ensure a successful, transparent and credible Elective National Convention.
6.In its determination to preserve all the electoral mandate given to our Party by Nigerians across the country, NEC directed the National Working Committee to take immediate legal action to recover the seats of all serving members of the National and State Assemblies elected on the platform of the PDP but defected to another Party.
By virtue of the self-executory provision of Sections 68 (1) (g) and 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) such defectors have irredeemably lost their seats, there being no division or merger with regard to the PDP.
7.NEC expressed serious concern and frowns at the reported participation and involvement of some Party members in the activities, meetings and gathering of another political party. NEC calls on these members to reconsider their actions and show loyalty and commitment as members of the PDP especially as the law does not permit membership of two political Parties at the same time.
8.NEC reassures such members of the successes recorded so far towards addressing their concerns on issues relating to our Party.
9.NEC restates that the PDP as the leading opposition Party and platform of choice for all Nigerians remains open in working with other well-meaning and like-minded citizens in the collective effort to rescue our nation from the stranglehold of the rudderless and insensitive APC administration.
10.NEC reassures of PDP’s belief in Democracy, and its commitment and readiness to be at the forefront in driving the aspiration of Nigerians to oust the APC and install a people-oriented government on the platform of the PDP come 2027.
11.NEC adjourned and fixed its next (102nd) meeting to Monday, 25th August, 2025
Presented by
Hon. Debo Ologunagba
National Publicity Secretary
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