{"id":236850,"date":"2025-10-27T23:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/makindes-ally-taofeek-arapaja-submits-nomination-form-for-pdp-national-secretary\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T23:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:14:55","slug":"makindes-ally-taofeek-arapaja-submits-nomination-form-for-pdp-national-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/makindes-ally-taofeek-arapaja-submits-nomination-form-for-pdp-national-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Makinde\u2019s Ally, Taofeek Arapaja, Submits Nomination Form For PDP National Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The current Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), <strong>Taofeek Arapaja<\/strong>, has submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the position of the party\u2019s National Secretary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that Arapaja submitted his forms on Monday at the PDP National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) Secretariat in Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy Governor of Oyo State,\u00a0arrived at the secretariat amid cheers from supporters and party faithful, including loyalists from Oyo State and the South-West zone and submitted his forms to the administrative staff of NCOC.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports indicate that Arapaja enjoys the support of <strong>Governor Seyi Makinde<\/strong> to <strong>eventually emerge<\/strong> as the PDP National Secretary, which follows the recent zoning decisions that have reshuffled the National Working Committee (NWC) positions.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the November 15 and 16, 2025, elective National Convention of the PDP, a\u00a0former Minister of Special Duties, <strong>Kabiru Tanimu Turaki<\/strong> (SAN), on Monday, <strong>submitted<\/strong> his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman position.<\/p>\n<p>According to earlier reports, Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a section of the National Working Committee (NWC) have picked Turaki as consensus national chairman ahead of the party\u2019s elective convention.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development former governor of Jigawa State, <strong>Sule Lamido<\/strong>, has <strong>expressed dissatisfaction<\/strong> over the failure to purchase a form to contest for the National Chairman position of the PDP.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 --><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span class=\"copyright\"><strong>\u00a9 2025 Abia Radio News, a division of Tee Global Innovataions. 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