About 1,095 delegates from the six states in the South-South geo-political zone are expected to converge on the Dr Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday to elect the zonal leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The delegates are drawn from Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers, with Akwa-Ibom State having 224 delegates, Bayelsa, 118; Cross River, 192; Delta, 236; Edo, 168; while host, Rivers, has 196 delegates.
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Already, all delegates from Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Rivers had arrived the venue, while Cross River State had registered 153 delegates as of the time of this report.
However, the shortfall in the number of delegates from Cross River was attributed to the fact that the state had yet to elect its state executive.
Recall that the tenure of the zonal leadership of the party expired in 2020, prompting the setting up of a caretaker committee by the national leadership of the party till a zonal congress was held.
Elder Emmanuel Ogidi from Delta and Chief Dan Orbih from Edo State will slug it out for the position of National Vice Chairman, South-South.
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