The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Convention will hold at the Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Chairman of the convention planning committee, and Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa disclosed this on Sunday after his team inspected various venues in the state.
Announcing the choice of venue, he said the Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium met all criteria required for a successful convention to be organised.
“The top membership of the Convention Planning Committee had our inaugural meeting in Abuja and today (Sunday), we have come to meet in Port Harcourt ahead of the Convention; we had a very useful meeting this morning stroke afternoon and we came to inspect suggested venues, we found that the Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium close to the International Airport is a very perfect venue for everything that we need to do.
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“We are satisfied because sometimes you need to put your thoughts not just on paper but on ground and that is what we have done and we are very prepared,” the governor who was accompanied by members of the main Committee and sub-committees for the Convention stated.
Continuing, he said; “we are going to convene again on Thursday and I believe that every committee is working hard for us to have a successful convention on the 6th and 7th.”
Governor Okowa gave the assurance that every arrangement to ensure a hitch-free convention was being put in place adding, “the election will be free, fair and just and I believe everybody, all the aspirants will buy into the process, there will be no reason for anybody to complain.
“There will be no reason for anybody to leave the party as a result of the outcome of the Convention because the election will be free and fair, that is what we need and we will do just that.”
