Nigeria, March 30 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised the faction of the national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The PDP's leadership has been published on the electoral umpire's website, with Abdulrahman Mohammed listed as the party's national chairman.

Mohammed and other members of the NWC were elected on Sunday at the national convention held at the velodrome of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Sunday.

The PDP is polarised into two factions on the heels of the crisis rocking the party with two factions laying claim to the leadership.

It would be recalled that a faction of the party...