PDP National Convention will hold as scheduled — Wike

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be held on March 29 and 30, 2026 as scheduled.

The Minister stated this while interacting with newsmen after inspecting some ongoing projects within the FCT on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the response followed calls from some stakeholders for the postponement of the convention to give time for reconciling the Tanimu Turaki-led faction with that of Abdulrahman Mohammed, which he is supporting.

The minister said that discussions on reconciliation could continue after the convention, adding that holding the convention does not necessarily preclude reconciliation.

“The PDP national convention will go on as planned. Nobody will stop us,” Wike said, insisting there’s no faction in PDP but only aggrieved members.

He said that he had met with Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State over the planned convention and told him that the convention had to go on.

He said: “People are angry, yes. 

“When a child is angry, well, you will try to see how you can pacify him, but that does not mean that you will allow the child to destroy the house that you have built.”