The leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun efforts to resolve internal disagreements in Kano State after holding a private meeting with representatives of the Kwankwasiyya movement.

In a statement released on Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, the meeting involved NDC National Leader, Henry Seriake Dickson, and other senior party officials.

The talks focused on addressing tensions between the Kwankwasiyya movement and longstanding NDC members in Kano.

According to the statement, the intervention was aimed at promoting unity, inclusion and wider participation as the party concludes its internal election process.

“The closed-door meeting was aimed at resolving the issues between the Kwankwasiya movement and the legacy officials of NDC in Kano State,” the statement said.

The party said Dickson and other leaders are actively working to ensure that all stakeholders are involved in party affairs. It also stressed that no candidates would be imposed in Kano or elsewhere in the country.

“The NDC leadership will not impose candidates in Kano State, and indeed across the nation, as the party cherishes the virtues of internal democracy,” the statement added.

The NDC described the discussions as productive, saying they lasted several hours and focused on finding common ground among those involved.

The party also dismissed reports claiming to show the results of its primary elections, insisting that no official results have been released.

“The NDC has not released any official results of its primary elections in any state. Hence, the public and party members are urged to disregard any such list in circulation,” the statement said.

Party officials said the clarification was necessary to prevent misinformation and reassure members that due process would be followed before any primary election results are announced.

The Deputy National Financial Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Oladimeji Fabiyi, has alleged that ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, requested N5 billion from former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to support his alleged governorship ambition in Adamawa State.

Fabiyi made the claim while speaking on the internal disagreements within the party on Symfoni TV, alleging that the dispute came from Atiku’s refusal to provide the requested funds.

He said, “When it was time for congresses Atiku equally made so many concessions and that concession almost caused Atiku his leadership in Adamawa because Adamawa ADC lost credible people that would have shored up the strength of the party because Atiku allowed what Babachir Lawal wanted in Adamawa.

“Babachir wanted to be governor of Adamawa state, Atiku had no objection.

“Atiku told him, ‘if you want to be (governor) no problem but follow the democratic process, go through the primaries and all that. Then he (Babachir Lawal) came back for N5 billion from Atiku to support his governorship ambition and Atiku stated he did not have. That’s what lead to all of these things.”

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has removed the names of Ahmed Yayari and Daniel Woyengikuro from its portal as Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Treasurer and National Financial Secretary, respectively.

A check by DAILY POST shows that both names have also been replaced with Odeyemi Mackson Oladiran and Eyim Donatus Henry as the new executives.

Yayari and Woyengikuro who are part of the Makinde-backed Turaki faction while Odeyemi and Eyim are members of the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s faction, which is also the recognised faction of the PDP.

INEC had earlier recognised Wike’s faction by putting the names of Abdulrahman Mohammed as the National Chairman and Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary, but had left the names of Yayari and Woyengikuro as part of the executives.

With the recent update on its portal, all executives of the PDP on INEC’s portal are now aligned with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.