Wike Loyalists Hold PDP Congress In Kano, Elect New Executives

Wike Loyalists Hold PDP Congress In Kano, Elect New Executives
Bello Gambo Bichi emerges as Kano PDP chairman.
Party leaders express confidence ahead of future elections.

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to former Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday conducted its Kano State congress, producing a new set of party executives through a consensus arrangement.

The congress was held days after a Federal High Court ruling reportedly set aside the Tanimu Turaki led executives at the national level. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission were said to have monitored the exercise.

At the end of the congress, Bello Gambo Bichi emerged as the new chairman of the party in Kano State.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that other executives produced at the exercise include Ali Mati Shantake as financial secretary, Hafsat Abubakar as women leader, Musa Baba Dala as publicity secretary and Auwal Ya’u as youth leader.

Also elected were Abdullahi Umar as legal adviser and Lawan Shehu Yakasai as treasurer.

Speaking after announcing the results, the chairman of the party’s electoral committee sent to Kano, Aminu Abdullahi Taura, said the congress followed the dissolution of ward and local government executives across the state.

According to him, the exercise formed part of ongoing internal reforms aimed at repositioning the party.

Taura expressed confidence in the PDP’s chances in future elections, noting that many Nigerians were dissatisfied with the ruling All Progressives Congress.

He said Nigerians were “fed up with APC” and still nostalgic about the period the PDP governed the country at the national level.

Taura disclosed that a total of 29 members of the state executive council were elected during the exercise.

He explained that the executives emerged unanimously after consultations among party stakeholders and the caretaker committee.

The committee chairman said that despite past disagreements within the party, the PDP remained united and efforts were ongoing to reconcile aggrieved members.

Also speaking at the congress, the party’s National Youth Leader, Ibrahim Bala Aboki, dismissed claims that the PDP was divided.

Aboki maintained that the PDP remained a single and indivisible political party despite internal disputes.

He also highlighted the conduct of congresses across 448 wards and 44 local government areas in Kano State.

The youth leader added that the party had never previously had a young person occupying the national youth leadership position until the emergence of Wike.

The congress also recognised the PDP’s 2023 governorship candidate in the state, Muhammad Sani Abacha, as the party’s leader in Kano.

Party leaders at the event commended him for what they described as his contributions to the growth of the PDP in the state and assured members that reconciliation efforts would continue ahead of future elections.