The main bowl of the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, venue of the National Convention of the leading opposition – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – is already agog with activities.
Although the scheduled elective national convention was yet to commence officially as of the time of this report, loyalists in their hundreds are arriving the venue.
While many of the delegates were spotted in official customised Ankara Aso ebi for the event, non -delegates in the various clusters were also seen in other customised outfits.
As the delegates take the already designated seats, the mass loyalists and supporters of various candidates for the convention and ahead of the 2016 general election are marching round the arena with huge banners, posters, flags and other campaign paraphernalia.
Despite the loud music oozing from the main speaker at the venue, various drummers, flutists, trumpets accompanying the different support groups are also not piping low as they also match from one part of the field to another.
Flags of various types, shapes and sizes are also flying around at the venue.
Reports said that some delegates were already seated in their designated seats while some seats with the banner of the would-be occupants are still empty.
Some of the designated seats already occupied by the delegates include: Ogun. Oyo, Ondo, Niger, Zamfara, Borno and Bayelsa
However, seats observed to be unoccupied as at the time of this report included: Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano and Kaduna.
Others still unoccupied include: Jigawa, Imo, Gombe, Federal Capital City (FCT), Enugu, Ekiti, Benue, Bauch, Anambra and Abia.
The reserved Very Important Persons (VIP) designated box was also still empty as at the time of this report.
The voting areas as well as designated voting units demarcated on the field are being manned by security operatives.