BREAKING: Kabiru Turaki elected new PDP National Chairman

The ex-Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs in the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), has been elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Turaki emerged in the early hours of Sunday at the ongoing national convention of PDP in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State.

Details emerged that delegates from 17 states across the country cast their votes to choose national officers, but Turaki polled 1,516 votes, surpassing Senator Lado, who received 275 votes.

Also, the position of National Secretary was clinched by Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, thereby making a milestone journey in the opposition political party.

Meanwhile over 3,000 delegates from across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, were said to have attended the national convention.

Senator Ben Obi, overseeing the electoral processes, guided delegates through a transparent voting mechanism that underscored the PDP’s commitment to democratic principles.

Dr. Turaki’s emergence as National Chairman was near-unanimous, following the withdrawal of rival aspirant Senator Yakubu Lado, positioning him as the consensus candidate to lead the party into its next phase of resurgence.

The national convention went ahead for three days amid Court judgment and counter judgments and the validity of the exercise would be tested in Court in a matter of days.