Olusola Fabiyi, AbujaThe Peoples Democratic Party is considering the possibility of changing its name before the conduct of 2019 general elections, The PUNCH has learnt. Investigations by our correspondent showed that this was one of the conditions given by those who left the party before the 2015 general elections. It was gathered that this might be one of the issues to be discussed by the party at its hurriedly called National Executive Committee meeting, which holds in Abuja on Thursday (today). A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said that the NEC meeting would hold at the party’s national secretariat. We will also look at the legal possibilities and encumbrance.”When contacted, Ologbondiyan said he did not know the agenda for the meeting.

Source: Punch April 19, 2018 00:56 UTC