PDP Sets Up Subcommittees, Unveils Schedule For National Convention

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced that its national convention will take place in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16, 2025.

The party said the event would signal its re-launch as Nigeria’s credible alternative ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Speaking at a press briefing at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed that the National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) had set up 11 subcommittees.

The committees, he said, cover logistics, security, media, transport and other critical areas to ensure what he described as a “seamless and all-inclusive convention.”

Ologunagba noted that the convention would put the PDP on solid ground to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

“Our party is organic, democratic, and connected to the people. Whatever comes out of Ibadan will put the PDP on a very solid ground to take over government in 2027,” he said.

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The PDP spokesman also confirmed that the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) had already approved the zoning of national offices, while micro-zoning consultations were ongoing across regions.

He added that the sale of nomination forms for party offices was still in progress.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded full implementation of the Electoral Act provisions on electronic transmission of results in the 2027 general elections, warning that it would resist any attempt to manipulate the process or undermine the will of Nigerians.

Section 64 (4), (5), and (6) of the Electoral Act 2022 mandates the recording and transmission of election results directly from polling units using the Smart Card Reader (SCR) or any other electronic device approved by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

INEC had admitted that “glitches” marred the real-time transmission of the 2023 presidential results, sparking outrage across the country.

At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the party was deeply concerned about what he described as “institutional manipulation” of past elections.

Ologunagba said, “There must be no glitches in 2027. If POS machines work seamlessly across the remotest parts of this country, then INEC cannot claim that its BVAS machines suddenly fail on election day. That would be deliberate, institutional manipulation, and Nigerians will not accept it.”

He stressed that the survival of Nigeria’s democracy rests on INEC guaranteeing that “every vote counts and every vote is seen to count.”