Ibadan convention: Kabiru Turaki elected PDP national chairman

Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Minister of Special Duties, has emerged as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following a highly controversial national convention held on Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The convention, which drew delegates from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, was overshadowed by sharp disagreements over zoning arrangements, accreditation delays, and alleged last-minute manoeuvres by rival factions. Security operatives were deployed in large numbers around the venue as repeated confrontations among opposing blocs threatened to disrupt the exercise.

Turaki, who became the sole candidate after the withdrawal of Lado Danmarke, the…