PDP governors morn on party’s crisis after hours of meeting in Abuja // PDP
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governors morn on party’s crisis after hours of meeting in Abuja
By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, has failed to disclose their position on the lingering leadership
crisis in the party after hours of meeting in Abuja.
The meeting convened by the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum
and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, was to articulate the position of
the governors ahead of today’s 93rd National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting.
The governors had earlier met with forum of former PDP
Governors, ex-Ministers and former National Assembly members to discuss among
others, the issue of zoning of National Working Committee positions ahead of
the October 31 national elective convention.
Oyinlola who left the meeting in the company of his former
colleagues, Ibrahim Idris, Babangida Aliyu, Ahmed Makarfi, and Sule Lamido,
beamed with smiles after spending a little over three hours with the governors.
Emerging from the meeting,
Governor Tambuwal ignored all questions thrown at him, saying “our resolutions
will be made known at our NEC meeting tomorrow (Thursday). We have been meeting
since 3 pm and we had fruitful deliberation.
“You must have seen that we received leaders of our party in
various other states where we don’t have governors.
“We had
robust discussion with them on how to move the party forward, bringing all the
leaders together, not only working towards a best national convention, but even
beyond that, so that we can continue to sustain the goodwill that PDP is
enjoying in Nigeria, and send the right signal to Nigerians that we are truly
prepared and working together as a family to ensure that by the grace of God
come 2023, we will present a very united force that will rescue Nigeria from
the misgovernance of the All Progressives Congress.
“We also had in our meeting,
our candidate in Anambra governorship election, and we received briefing from
him on how prepared our party is in Anambra and to confirm to you and Nigerians
that all of us are united in supporting our party in Anambra.
“By the grace of God, we shall work assiduously towards winning
Anambra election.
“Also, we have discussed about
the forthcoming convention and you will hear from NEC tomorrow (today) what the
position is going to be,” Tambuwal said.
The meeting was attended by Aminu Tambuwal, Nyesom Wike, Duoye
Diri, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Ifeanyi Okowa, governors of Sokoto, Rivers, Bayelsa,
Enugu and Delta states respectively.
Others include Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Darius Ishaku
(Taraba), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Adamu Fintiri (Adamawa), Godwin Obaseki
(Edo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Samuel Ortom (Benue)
and Mahdi Gusau, deputy governor of Zamfara state.
Also in attendance were former Senate Presidents David Mark and
Bukola Saraki among others.
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