Just like every other political party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party is a patchwork of disparate tendencies. No wonder it is now bursting at the seams. An aspiring polemicist, and university student, who has now overstayed his welcome at home, courtesy of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities strike, says of the PDP crisis, ‘Things Fall Apart.’ Recent events in the PDP can be described as a saga of many twists and turns. Ex-Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, six northern Governors, Aliyu Wamakko, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Murtala Nyako, Babangida Aliyu, Abdulfatah Ahmed and Sule Lamido, with Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi in tow, stormed out of the Eagle Square venue of the PDP mini Convention, to converge on the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre. They alleged that some of their supporters were prevented from contesting vacant party offices, formed the New PDP and elected Kawu Baraje Acting Chairman, Dr. Sam Jaja Acting Vice Chairman, and Olagunsoye Oyinlola Acting Secretary.
