9th December 2017 was looked up to as one of the moments that would shape the 2019 General elections and the future of the PDP. The convention has come and gone but therein lied many lessons.

=SOUTH EAST POLITICAL CHOICES
Again,the South East have proved to be too straightforward and more emotional than rational in their political dealings . Going into the convention, their cards were already laid bare for Secondus and everyone could see and . Even the South-South who presented a candidate were more sophiscated.
Also, it would be very interesting to see how their choice would affect their plot to clinch the vice presidential slot of the party in 2018.

=SOUTHWEST'S FOLLY, SECONDUS GAIN
It was pathetic to see purposed Omuoalabi's display such show of political indecision. Fielding seven candidates for a single position and their refusal to reach a consensus or a compromise after the North kicked against micro zoning ,must have portrayed them as unready to take home what ordinarily belonged to them. According to Governor Wike, they failed to do their homework and have nobody to blame.

=PDP GOVERNORS HAVE TAKEN OVER
Following the loss of federal power in 2015, the funding of party activities lied on the shoulders of the Governors. At the convention, they needed a return on their investment and that could be seen by the hijack of the party structure from hitherto Abuja politicians. It is now becoming clear the fears of Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff when he accused some persons of trying to hijack the party and has taught us that in every nonsenses, there might be some atoms of sense.

= PDP HASN'T REALLY CHANGED
A hard truth to believe for some people but it still is the truth, PDP hasn't really moved far from the pre-2015 politics. The Nation newspaper was first to report that there was a unity list flying around and late into the night, news also filtered that money running into thousand of dollars had changed hands . Many aspirants voiced this fear and the the results confirmed it only that now, "17 wasn't greater than 19".
This may repel many neutral Nigerians who had looked up to PDP as an alternative for the present administration and deter some politicians who were planning to dump their parties.

Finally,through the voices of many party leaders especially ,Chief Bode George and Governor Wike it can be deduced that the PDP crisis may have subsidised but not died down as seeds of suspicion have been sown . Also, the party would have more work on their hands to convince Nigerians that it is not a southern party and haven't lost it's nationwide flair.

These matters arising also should be resolved amicably amongst party members and concessions given before the APC convention for the ultimate price of peace, if they hope to reap from the harvest of defections from the ruling party.

PDP magic
They have done it again.
Total vote cast: 2296
Total accredited voters: 2115.