Convention: How Turaki emerged as PDP national chairman
Ka biru Tanimu Turaki, SAN •Says era of impunity in PDP gone •Makinde rescued PDP from destructive forces —S-West leaders •To save PDP is to save Nigeria’s democracy — Olawepo-Hashim THE emergence of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the party’s National Convention in Ibadan was not a tea party. It was the culmination of a long, complicated and politically charged process, shaped by legal battles, internal power realignments, strategic expulsions, and a determined insistence by elders and governors that the PDP must reclaim its relevance before the next general election. The convention, held at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex in Adamasingba, unfolded in an atmosphere of defiance and urgency, with the party leadership insisting that the gathering must hold despite competing court orders and pressure from opposing interests that wanted it halted. Strong statement What played out in Ibadan ultimately became a...
