No fewer than 811 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates are undergoing accreditation at the national convention ground in MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abuja.
The exercise will enable the party’s national delegates to decide the presidential flag bearer.
The delegates are drawn from the 774 local government areas of the country.
At the venue with heavy security presence, the delegates are accredited by geopolitical zones.
The PDP officials with books containing the names and the local government areas cross-check and give tags carrying the names of the delegates.
They are accredited with their means of identification which include driver licence, INEC Permanent Voter Cards, National Identity Cards.
Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom, Kogi, Benue, Niger, Abia, Anambra have finished their accreditation.
Other states going on with their accreditations are: Adamawa, Sokoto, Nasarawa and Ebonyi
Oyo, Lagos and Ondo states are already at the venue waiting for their accreditation.
Chairman of the PDP Special Convention, Sen. David Mark and Governors of Bayelsa, Duoye Diri, his Delta counterpart, Ifeanyi Okowa, with other members of the convention committee visited various accreditation points to inspect the process.
The delegates are expected to move in groups to the velodrome area of the stadium, main venue of the convention after their accreditations
Tags assigned to delegates come with barcodes that will be useful for the voting exercise.
