 By the Board of Trustees of the People's Democratic Party, PDP has ratified the party's deputy national chairman, Salz, Yemi Akiwami, as the acting national chairman of the party in line with the party's constitution. Chairman of the BOT, Senator Walidj Gibran, announced this decision after an emergency meeting of the board in Abuja. He said Akiwami affirmations as acting chairman is in line with the constitution of the party that the BOT and the caucus will meet tomorrow Friday and the NEC will hold on Saturday.