Kemi Olaitan reports that despite litigations, five state governors and other leaders of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, stormed Ibadan at the weekend to elect members of the party’s National Working Committee and asks if the new NWC will be able to unite the various factions of the party.
Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State was in the news at the weekend as it played host to the controversial National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with thousands of delegates of the party led by four governors thronging the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba. The two-day event from Saturday, November 15 till the early hours of Sunday, November 16, 2025, was more like a carnival as chants, drums, and colourful PDP banners and posters of governors and those vying for various positions lifted the atmosphere inside the stadium.
To ensure a hitch free convention, security personnel from the police, civil defence, the DSS, and Oyo State’s Amotekun Corps mounted strategic positions around the stadium, while traffic officials worked tirelessly to manage the heavy flow of vehicles along Obafemi Awolowo Road and nearby routes.