The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the postponement of its scheduled party primaries in four states over “unforeseen circumstances.”
The PDP made this known in a letter dated Monday, July 27th, signed by its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, and National Secretary, Senator Umar Tsauri which was addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Mohammed Yakubu.
According to the party, the scheduled primaries would not hold in Ekiti, Niger, Sokoto and Taraba States, adding that new dates would be communicated to the electoral body.
The letter read in part “Please refer to our earlier letter with reference No: PDP/DOM CF. 2/VolIC/20-094, in which we informed the Commission (INEC) of our Time table and schedule of activities for the completion of the outstanding congresses of our party.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are compelled to postpone our planned congresses in the aforementioned states.
“We will communicate to the commission as soon as a new date is fixed.”
Recall that party stalwarts in the four states especially in Ekiti State are engaged in a war of attrition over the control of the party structure with some state chapters conducting parallel Congresses.
It was learned that the national secretariat of the party is trying to first broker peace among feuding party members in the affected states before setting a date for the congresses.
