PDP National Convention 2021: Winners, Losers Emerge as Opposition Party Elects New Leaders (Live Updates)After the huge distraction and anxiety created by the suit by Uche Secondus, its suspended national chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria's main opposition party, is finally set to begin its national convention. The convention is scheduled to take place at Eagles Square in Abuja today, Saturday, October 30 and Sunday, October 31. No fewer than 3,600 delegates from across the country have converged on Abuja to vote for candidates vying for different positions in the party's National Working Committee (NWC). There are 21 seats to be contested in the National Working Committee of the PDP. However, the governor of Adamawa state and chairman of the PDP National Convention Planning Committee, Ahmadu Fintiri, said only three positions are now to be contested at the national convention. The positions are: The battle for the position of the deputy national chairman (South) is between a former governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and a former deputy governor of Osun state, Taofeek Arapaja. Governor Fintiri claimed that consensus arrangements have been reached for other positions, including the national chairmanship seat which was zoned to the north. The north picked Iyorchia Ayu, a former senate president, as its consensus candidate. Nevertheless, the Adamawa governor said delegates would still cast ballots for all the positions despite that 80% of the positions in the NWC would be contested unopposed. The PDP's fate in the 2023 elections, especially as it seeks to take over the presidency from the All Progressives Congress (APC), is hugely dependent on the success of the national convention. Stay tuned as Legit.ng provides you with live updates of the events as they unfold at the PDP's convention at Eagles Square in Abuja. After the huge distraction and anxiety created by the suit by Uche Secondus, its suspended national chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria's main opposition party, is finally set to begin its national convention. Legit.ng