Newly elected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has led a delegation of party leaders to the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Their mission was to file a formal complaint against expelled members, including former Senator Samuel Anyanwu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
This move is a direct response to a rival faction of the PDP, led by Muhammed Abdulrahman and backed by Wike, which has called for an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
The notice for this meeting was issued by the expelled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu.
According to the schedule, the BoT meeting of the Wike-loyal faction is set for 11 a.m., followed by the NEC meeting at 2 p.m., both to be held at the party’s national secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
This conflict stems from the recent PDP National Convention in Ibadan, where Anyanwu, Wike, and former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose were expelled from the party over allegations of anti-party activities.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
