PDP crisis getting to brim as presidential campaign council delays composition of sub-committees

There is growing anxiety within the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the delay in the composition of sub-committees and the release of the timetable for the party’s activities by its national campaign council.

According to Vanguard, an insider revealed that the anxiety was due to the fact that despite its internal challenges, the party has shown to the world that it is prepared for the task ahead.

This has brought the challenge upon the party not to lose momentum. The party had in last week inaugurated its 600-member campaign council, announcing the Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel as chairman while declaring his Sokoto state counterpart as director general.

However, the committee held its inaugural meeting on Thursday but could not compose the sub-committees, time-tables and schedule of campaign activities.

A member of the campaign council, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, revealed that: “There is noting to worry about, we’ve set the pace, others are still trying to play catch-up.

“We’ve met and are still meeting these details you are asking about will soon be made public. Even though we have moved on, we want to secure the commitment of our aggrieved members so we can move on.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have zoned the position of the senate president to the southwest ahead of the 2023 elections.

Also, the party, in its effort to have a clear possible inroad to the southeast, zone the office of the SGF to the region.

The development came after prominent leaders from the southwest region boycotted the inauguration of the party's presidential campaign council and the deflected N10bn into N1bn scandal