By BEN AGANDE
ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee is set for a stormy session as the 71st meeting of the party’s highest decision making body meets in Abuja on Tuesday.

Ali Modu Sheriff and Jerry Gana

The meeting, which was earlier scheduled for Gombe was later moved to Abuja following outcry from many members of the committee that holding the meeting in Gombe was going to present a logistical challenge to most members.

Although there is an airport in Gombe, there are no regular flights to the north eastern state because of lack of adequate passengers to ply the route.

The Peoples Democratic Party has been bitterly divided since the emergence Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the party’s national chairman, with the group, Concerned PDP stakeholders led by Professor Jerry Gana setting up a parallel body to run the affairs of the party after the expiration of the tenure of the Ali Modu Modu Sheriff on May 21. The party’s national convention has been slated for Portharcourt, Rivers state.

A member of the Professor Jerry Gana led Concerned PDP Stakeholders who spoke with Vanguard Sunday said the group is determined to do everything legally to stop Sheriff from continuing as the party chairman.