The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its special convention on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The exercise witnessed the amendment of the party’s constitution in a manner presumably to reposition it. Nosike Ogbuenyi, Chuks Okocha and Onwuka Nzeshi, who covered the event, report that it was epoch making and could possibly take the party to another level despite witnessing some unsavoury moments

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Special National Convention 2009 which took place last Monday at the Eagle Square in the heart of Abuja, the nation’s capital, was indeed special in many respects. First, the ruling party, loud as ever, embarked on a bold deviation from the norm by conducting such an internal party activity on the beginning of a new week. And the event turned out a delight.

What Manner of Convention
Past conventions were normally staged on weekends to avoid a situation where normal business and social activities especially government official business would be disrupted or the event marred by poor attendance. But the PDP is not the type to witness poor turn out. An estimated 50,000 persons gathered in Abuja for the event. Less than 20 percent of that number wre the actual delegates who amended the party’s constitution.
It was not just a bold statement in re-branding and showcasing of a party many Nigerians seem to love to hate, it undoubtedly had that ‘we are in power” body language and colour. Although, the event was scheduled to kick off at 8.00am, all roads leading to the Eagle Square were jammed tight even as early as 7.00am. All manner of exotic cars in the fleet of the powerful and mighty in the land headed for the Three Arms Zone, almost at the same time, blaring deafening sirens and driving rather dangerously.


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What excatly has been amended. When has a party's manifesto ever reflected in practice in Nigeria. Or what really is the PDP's constitution about? If it's about the way they are organized, the amendment hasnt gt anything to do with us, if it's about what they wish to deliver in the next election, then , bring on the news.

I think the convention is just nothing but another way to see who will rule next and how they can rig the coming elections in state re-runs, and how they can remind Ya'adua that they waiting to the brown envelopes.
Nothing good can come out of some old fools getting together in Abuja.