The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet in Abuja on Thursday where it will officially announce the zoning of its national offices.

But sources at the meeting of its zoning committee, which was held at the Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday evening, said the office of the National Chairman had already been zoned to the present occupier of the office, Ali Modu Sheriff.

The NEC would just meet to announce that the office had been zoned to the North-East, where Mr. Sheriff hails from.

The controversial politician was a former governor of the Boko Haram-ravaged State of Borno.

The zoning committee, headed by Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, had brushed aside thousands of voices against the candidature of Mr. Sheriff.

Mr. Sheriff is also the candidate of two controversial governors in the party, Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers State).

Both were at the meeting today to make sure that there was no last minute maneuver to change the zoning arrangement.

Governor Emmanuel told reporters after the committee's meeting that his committee had concluded its assignment and would submit its recommendation to the NEC today. But he refused to disclose the zoning arrangement.

Our reporter was told by a member of the committee that Uche Secondus and Wale Oladipo, the Deputy National Chairman to South-South and National Secretary to South-West, respectively, are expected to return to office.

The National Organizing Secretary was zoned to the South-East.

Offices of the National Treasurer and the National Legal Adviser were zoned to the southern and northern parts of the country, respectively.

The South-West will produce a replacement to the current occupier of the National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh.

Mr. Metuh, who hails from Anambra State, is currently undergoing multiple prosecutions bordering on corruption and money laundering.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/28/pdp-set-crown-sheriff-chairman

Do you mean ipob youths will support a gworo chewing herdsman as pdp chairman and vote for one come 2019

Who still believes SR

One can barely hold the laughs!!

Looking forward to how our eastern friends will spin having a real life janja.weed that will later transmute to the presidential candidate in 2019 as chairman!!!

Can't blame PDP members though, funding party activities through dues is alien to them and need a "money long" like oxygen, what happens after that? Deuces!!

Someone who couldn't win his ward, let alone deliver just one loyalist!! E go funny die!!

http://dailypost.ng/2015/03/31/ex-governor-sheriff-loses-ward-lg-fails-to-deliver-loyalists-for-nass-seats/

https://www.nairaland.com/2226126/ex-governor-sheriff-delivered-only-241

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Finally PDP is dead with Sheriff being national chairman. #Kowa_party on point

The season is getting really interesting.

Despite all their attempt colonise PDP as their own party, the opposite has actually happened.

Either way, some set of people are locked with gworo chewing president at least for the next 7 years. However, they can float a new party since the one identified with them has been traded off for their adopted son in the past.

Either way, it's so unfortunate that we can now going to be voting for a Northern Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections - in the two main political parties.

feedthenation:
Either way, it's so unfortunate that we can now going to be voting for a Northern Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections - in the two main political parties.

How is it unfortunate? Bigotry speaking ko?

Did Ekweremadu Panel not posit that 13 out of 16 for the south was unfair? Make una face one way, e don be!!

At least, the "supposed" Fulani slaves made their choice themselves, y'all are given none!!

Sucks Lemon mehn!

Ipob yoot
You said worse before december 2015
islamic republic of biafrat loading
because another burukutu sipping mallam will be your president

iflywithbuhari:

In 2019, you will swallow those words. Just you wait, and see.

Pidggin:
Who still believes SR

over 100 million Nigerians does.

modified.... hey you pig or pidggin hope you are convinced now that it's official. next time thank SR for keep you abreast with info
okuko igbo

News from Sahara reporters should be taken with a pinch of salt

PDP IS OFFICIALLY A BOKO HARAM PARTY

Like I care

Mr Sheriff been looking like a man who spent 21months in the foetus

pfft..

Good for them o. The day I gave up on talking abt our politicians was the day (that was early this month) I saw all the APC chieftains in a function organised by a PDP chieftain( they were all laughing,eating and drinking together,while some ppl curse ppl generations because of them here) I was seriously amazed , they all know where they meet o. So instead of abusing ppl here and possible blocking a possible means u might make it big in life because u don't know whom u are abusing ( might be ur future interviewer). So nairalanders mind ur career because I swear, those guys dont give a fvck about who u are ,whether PDP or APC except u are among them. Those politicians are doomed

If them like mey dem crown Sherifa e no corn sign me

Hagmond:
Do you mean ipob youths will support a gworo chewing herdsman as pdp chairman and vote for one come 2019

Yes thats who they are.

And when Yorubas vote Hausa, they say Slave masters...Now Igbo are now slaves...hahaha

Good

See him fat chick

His teeth though, lips no dey fit close again.

That mouth go dey smell like iru.

U go fear opposition naa... Then it would be Sule Lamido against Buhari in 2019. That's a freeway ticket for Alhaji Buhari and pastor Osunbade

So ?

trash