Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum.
Makinde took over as chairman just minutes after the former chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, resigned on Thursday.
At the ongoing PDP National Executive Council Board meeting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the governor of Oyo emerged as the new chairman.
Newsclick Nigeria had earlier reported that the NEC passed a vote of confidence on the PDP National Chairman Senator Iyorchia Ayu, putting to rest the clamour for his (Ayu’s) resignation by some aggrieved party members.
A total of 397 members of the NEC including past national chairmen of the party, the immediate past Vice President of the country, Namadi Sambo, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, among others were accredited for the meeting.
All the 397 members of the NEC present at the meeting voted in support of Ayu to continue as the chairman of the party.
