A major crisis is escalating within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the planned venue for its National Elective Convention, exposing significant internal divisions.
The party had announced Ibadan as the host city for its November convention.
However, FCT Minister and influential PDP chieftain, Nyesom Wike, has publicly rejected this, insisting the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) never approved the decision.
Speaking on Channels Television, Wike, a NEC member, stated he was never informed or invited to a meeting where such a resolution was taken.
“NEC has not met… I am not aware of any Convention holding in Ibadan,” he declared, questioning the legitimacy of the announcement.
Political analysts suggest that Wike’s challenge, given his considerable influence, points to profound leadership turmoil within the opposition party.
This rift not only casts doubt on the legitimacy of the Ibadan convention but also threatens to weaken the PDP’s capacity to function as a cohesive and effective opposition.
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.
