Convention venue: PDP youth group rejects Rivers State

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Some PDP members carrying the party flags

By Emmanuel Afonne

PDP Concerned Youth Association (PCYA), one of the youth groups in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the choice of Port Harcourt, Rivers State for the party’s national convention scheduled to hold on Oct. 6.

A statement signed and issued on Wednesday by the Coordinator Mr Emmanuel Willie and Secretary Mallam Nura Lawal stated that the rejection of the venue was to ensure a free and fair presidential primary election.

It noted that having the convention in Port Harcourt, River State, the territory of Governor Nyesom Wike who appeared to have a soft spot for a certain presidential aspirant, might not give room for a fair contest.

It also regretted that the party Chairman Uche Secondus was among those projecting his state Rivers as venue for the convention in spite of his relationship with the governor.

“This will not augur well for the party especially now that the PDP is hoping to unseat the All…



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