Accreditation delayed at PDP convention, leadership in closed door meeting

…May postpone Convention

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

Accreditation may have been delayed at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Convention in Abuja following the leadership of the party that has entered into a closed-door meeting over the conduct of its national convention scheduled for Saturday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

The meeting taking place at Transcorp Hilton, comes amid speculation that the exercise will be postponed in view of the six-day window given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday.

The party leadership said the meeting has become necessary to enable it come up with a decision on the conduct of the national convention.

Sources at the Wadata Plaza, Wuse 5 Abuja national secretariat of the PDP informed that the accreditation may have been delayed to allow the leadership to come up with a decision on the conduct of the national convention.

Many party supporters and observers were seen milling around the national secretariat waiting for the outcome of the meeting

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has already taken the opportunity to shift its national convention and the main opposition party is now expected to follow suit.

Accreditation of delegates was supposed to have started at 7 am, but at the time of this report several hours later, it had not started.