Ejiofor Onyia, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), has posited that the party's convention, which is meant to elect new leaders and restore its former glory, must happen.

Onyia commented in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.

His position follows several internal challenges and internal wranglings that have rocked the party in recent times.

The party is split into two factions- one loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and chaired by Abdulrahman Mohammed, while the second is chaired by Umar Damagum.

“The convention will hold. Remember when we were having the issue of Secretaryship and there were court cases from all corners until the Supreme Court ruled that the courts were overstepping their bounds that they have no business in the internal affairs of the party.

“We should predicate our actions on the Supreme Court’s decision. The convention holds this weekend. We are heading to the convention, which holds this weekend in Ibadan.

“We will elect the next set of executives who will take over leadership and restore the PDP to its former glory,” he said.