Ikpeazu; Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose; and PDP national secretary, Sam Anyanwu.

Also in attendance were the speaker of the Rivers House of Assembly, Phillips Aduda, as well as serving and former members of the National Assembly, including Micah Jiba, a lawmaker, and members of the party’s board of trustees.

The PDP National Executive Committee at its 102nd meeting held on August 25 in Abuja zoned its party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections to southern Nigeria and the national chairman to the north.

The NEC at the meeting also affirmed that all PDP national office positions currently held in the northern and southern parts of the country should be retained in their respective locations.

NEC also affirmed Umar Damagum as the substantive national chairman of the party, to serve in that capacity until the elective convention scheduled for November.

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