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  • Crisis: PDP BoT members speak on Wike’s presence, way forward for party after meeting in Abuja

    Crisis: PDP BoT members speak on Wike’s presence, way forward for party after meeting in Abuja

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) is to set up a committee to resolve the internal leadership crisis rocking the party.

    Former Senate President, Sen. David Mark, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the board’s meeting held on Thursday in Abuja, described the meeting as cordial and fruitful.

    Mark said that the board resolved to set up a committee comprising governors, members of the BoT, National Assembly caucus of PDP, the National Working Committee, former governors and former ministers to look into the matter.

    He said that the committee was needed not just to resolve issues related to recent resignation of seven deputy national officers of the party, but to make PDP more united.

    He also denied the rumour that Governor Nyesom Wike of River was summoned to the meeting, saying Wike was member of the board and he attended as a member.

    Asked if the current NWC of the party would be allowed to complete its tenure, the former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, said that the committee members would meet between 48 to 72 hours for way forward.

    Saraki advised against making point out of who attended the meeting for the first time, saying as a member, I was attending for the first time for long time.

    “We all came together to addresses some issues and because of the urgency of the matter, we agreed to set up this committee urgently.

    “Within the next 48 hours to 72 hours the committee will meet and at the end of the meeting, the country will see the direction the party is going.

    “The commitment of everybody to attend this meeting and subject themselves to the decision of the meeting shows the interest of everybody.

    “The presence of all of us here is because this meeting of today is important in addressing some of those issues.

    “My message to Nigerians is that we know the importance of this party to this nation in addressing the challenges ahead of us.

    “So, let us come together as a party and salvage this country,” Saraki said.

  • JUST IN: David Mark, Anyim Pius Anyim, 25 other PDP elders wade into party crisis, call for calm

    JUST IN: David Mark, Anyim Pius Anyim, 25 other PDP elders wade into party crisis, call for calm

    A former Senate President David Mark and 27 other elders have made known their intentions to wade in the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    They said they will soon meet with PDP Governors, the Board of Trustees, and the National Working Committee (NWC) to find lasting solutions to the fundamental matters arising.

    But they have appealed to all party organs, officers, and members to remain calm.

    The 28 elders made the plea in a statement which they jointly signed in Abuja.

    The elders are Mark, ex-Senate Presidents Anyim Pius Anyim and Adolphus Wabara; former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu; former Deputy Speaker Austin Opara; ex-Minister Jerry Gana; ex-Governors Sule Lamido, Ibrahim Danmkwambo, and Olagunsoye Oyinlola; ex-National Chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo; ex-Ministers Odion Ugbesa and Hajiya Zainab Maina, Senators Biodun Olujimi and Zainab Kure.

    Others are a former National Chairman of PDP Sen. Ahmed Makarfi; a former Chief of Staff Mike Ogiadomhe; Senate Minority Leader Eyinnaya Abaribe; Sen. Helen Esuene; Sen. Agboola Hosea and Hajiya Adiza Adodo.

    The statement said: “In view of recent developments at the National Secretariat of our great party, we have resolved to issue this press statement urging all party organs, party officers and party members to remain calm, faithful and orderly, as we proceed with urgent consultations and initiatives to resolve the contending issues.

    “We wish to firmly reassure aggrieved stakeholders that we intend to be thorough, objective, creative, and balanced in our efforts to find lasting solutions to the fundamental matters arising.

    ” Towards this end, we have initiated moves to urgently meet with our Governors, the Board of Trustees, the National Working Committee, and other critical stakeholders. Since we all share the legitimate desires of our loyal members to offer a credible, effective and productive alternative, we have no doubt that we shall soon find positive, appropriate, pragmatic, and lasting solutions to the problems facing the party.

    “We shall emerge from this crisis stronger, better, and more united. This is only a temporary challenge.”

    The elders assured the PDP will overcome its challenges and provide leadership qualities for Nigerians.

    The statement added: “We assure all Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party is resolute in providing qualitative leadership, sound programs, effective implementation strategies, and hope generating solutions to our national problems.

    ” On behalf of the elders and founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party, we wish to use this medium to thank all Party Members and supporters across Nigeria and in diaspora for their commitment, loyalty and strong support.”

  • Too late for Atiku to resolve Kogi PDP crisis -Adeyemi

    Too late for Atiku to resolve Kogi PDP crisis -Adeyemi

    Senator Smart Adeyemi has said that it is too late for Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to resolve the crisis in the Kogi State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP

    Major PDP stakeholders in the state, including some contenders in the September 3 governorship primaries, have continued to quarrel over the outcome of the exercise, which saw Mr Musa Wada emerge as winner.

    Some of the pained aspirants have gone to court to challenge the outcome of the primaries, with one of the defeated aspirants, Senator Dino Melaye turning down an offer to lead the PDP campaign ahead of the November 16 governorship election.

    Worried by the development, Atiku had been meeting with interested parties in the Kogi PDP crisis, with the view to uniting the party for victory at the poll.

    But speaking with reporters in Abuja yesterday, Senator Adeyemi called on Atiku not to waste his time trying to resolve the crisis, saying that the situation in the Kogi PDP has gone beyond redemption.

    Adeyemi said: “My advice to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is that he should not waste his time and money. It is too late. I wish he did that six months ago.

    “The crisis rocking the Kogi PDP are fundamental. They are without planning, they are without focus and people have made up their minds in Kogi State.

    “How can you present the son in-law of a former governor who is also the younger brother of another former governor. Even if you are picking someone from the same zone, are there not other very competent persons from the zone?”

    Adeyemi said the PDP was already dying in Kogi as a result of attempts by just interrelated families to dominate political power in the state, stressing that a former governor, his son and his in-laws were seeking to convert the state to their private fiefdom.

    The campaign DG dismissed the widely held belief that the incumbent governor might lose the election to poor performance, saying that Governor Bello had performed better than his predecessors who were elected on the platform of the PDP.

    Adeyemi said he accepted to lead the governor’s re-election campaign on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the conviction that the governor had recorded concrete achievements in terms of project execution and security in the state.

     

  • PDP crisis: Fayose, Wike, Bode George, others storm S/Court

    PDP crisis: Fayose, Wike, Bode George, others storm S/Court

    The Supreme Court will soon today deliver a judgment on the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) since it lost in the 2015 presidential election.

    The legal dispute is between the Ali Modu Sheriff faction affirmed by the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal, and the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Ahmed Makarfi, who was sacked by the appeal court.

    ‎The appeal to be decided by a five-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was filed by the Makarfi faction.

    Some of the party’s big wigs, mostly those loyal to the Makarfi faction, are already at the Supreme Court ‎waiting for the judgment of the apex court.

    Among those on the Makarfi’s side, who are already seated at the Supreme Court are Governors of Ekiti and Rivers states, Ayodele Fayose and Nyesom Wike,‎ a former Vice-Chairman of the party (South West), Chief Bode George, and the present occupant of the position in the faction, Chief Eddy Olafeso.

    Also in court are a former National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, former Minister of Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former Governor of Kano State and former Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau,

    Others include, Ben Obi, founder of African Independent Television, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Dayo Adeyeye, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, and Tom Ikimi.

    The only notable personality on Ali Modu Sheriff’s side, yet in court,is the Deputy National Chairman of the faction, Cairo Ojugo.

  • PDP Crisis: I might quit if Supreme Court affirms Sheriff as chairman – Wike

    Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he might quit his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should the Supreme Court rule in favour of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the party.

    The governor revealed this while featuring on a monitored programme on Channels Television. Wike noted that he was not comfortable working under Sheriff’s leadership. The governor said working under Sheriff “is against my belief and tradition.”

    Wike also hinted on dumping the party should the apex court ruling favour the Sheriff’s faction.

    He said,“Why we are following up this issue is for the stance of the law on certain things to be stated properly.

    “It is very, very unlikely for me to be under Sheriff if the supreme court rules he is the party chairman. I can’t say if I will leave but of course I have my choice.

    “There are things you can’t go on with, they’re certainly wrong.

    “Have you seen the characters around Sheriff? Do the party have any clear roadmap with such person? And then you want me to go and work under such person? It is against my belief. It is even against the tradition, no I can’t do that.”

  • JUST IN: PDP Crisis: S’Court rule in favour of Makarfi

    The Supreme Court on Monday struck out application by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff, seeking to stop the party’s appeal against him.

    The Justice Walter Onnoghen-led court consequently granted the appeal filed by the sacked Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Ahmed Makarfi on behalf of PDP.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that a Port Harcourt Appeal Court had affirmed Sheriff as the authentic Chairman of the former ruling party, while sacking the Makarfi’s committee.

     

    Details shortly…

  • PDP crisis: Supreme Court adjourns case, orders for written arguments

    The Supreme Court, on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the objection filed by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, against the appeal filed before the court by the Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the party.

    The case has been adjourned till May 25, 2017 for further hearing.

    The motion brought before the court by Sheriff, requesting it to disqualify the other faction from appealing the judgment of the Appeal Court was heard and argued, but the court asked the counsels to submit written arguments before the next date of hearing.

    During cross examination, Sheriff’s Counsel, Olujimi, SAN, could not substantiate the locus by which he filed the motion, but asked the court to disqualify the case.

    Meanwhile, the original panel headed by Justice Ibrahim Tanko is no longer in charge of the case.

    A new panel of Supreme Court justices has been constituted to go on with the matter

  • PDP crisis: Sheriff pulls out of Jonathan’s reconciliation move

    PDP crisis: Sheriff pulls out of Jonathan’s reconciliation move

    The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff said he was pulling out the reconciliation move of the former President Goodluck Jonathan to resolve the party’s leadership crisis.

    Sheriff in a statement signed by his Deputy National Chairman, Dr Cairo Ojougboh issued on Thursday in Abuja, said this was to enable his led National working Committee (NOC) to focus on repositioning the PDP.

    He said that the reconciliation moves initiated by Jonathan had finally collapsed, alleging that the move had been hijacked by the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee.

    “We are opting out and focusing our efforts at making the party the darling of Nigerians again.

    “We had made tremendous progress before former President Jonathan was asked by party leaders to convene a meeting where stakeholders will adopt the governor Seriake Dickson’s Committee report on reconciliation.

    “” Unfortunately, former president Jonathan lost control of the meeting he convened and allowed Makarfi group to continue with their anti party posture” he said.

    ““All the organs of the party were already queuing up behind us and Jonathan came to unbundle the progress we made by his inability to control the meeting.

    “”We will not continue again but rather concentrate on rebuilding our party,” he said.

    Sheriff also stated that his NWC had postponed the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting scheduled for May 4 indefinitely, adding that a new date would be announced later.

     

     

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  • PDP Crisis: We will not appeal verdict of Appeal Court – Sheriff faction

     

    The Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will not approach the Supreme Court to appeal the outcome of the expected Court of Appeal judgment on the party’s leadership crisis.

    The National Deputy Chairman of the faction, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, made the pledge this when he addressed newsmen on Monday in Abuja.

    Ojougboh said that the faction was,however, expecting a land mark judgment that would not only bring to rest the lingering leadership crisis in the party, but also determined the landmark of Nigerian politics.

    “We are also in discussion with various organs of the party and we have reached a situation where all of us have agreed that, whatever is the outcome of the Appeal Court, nobody should appeal to the Supreme Court.

    “We will accept it and everybody will accept it‎.

    “After the court judgment, all of us will sit down again‎ and discuss. It is obvious that the Port Harcourt judgment will be the deciding factor. Anybody who will go ahead after the judgment, it is up to him,’’ Ojougboh said.

    The national deputy chairman added that the Sheriff-led faction was open to dialogue with the National Caretaker Committee and its loyalists, irrespective of the outcome of the court judgment.

    He appealed to PDP members to be patient while awaiting the outcome of the judgment.

    Ojougboh said that the faction was hopeful that the Court of Appeal would do what was necessary, ‘’which is the truth.“

    On PDP National Secretariat staff, who recently pledged their loyalty to Makarfi group, Ojougboh said that appropriate action on them would be taken after the expected court judgment.

    On the allegation that the faction wanted to woo PDP staff to its side with money but that the staff rejected the invitation and offer, Ojougboh said it was not true.#

    He said that though the faction’s National Working Committee wanted to meet with PDP staff, but most of them were yet to resume duty.

    According to him, the meeting has been rescheduled for future day.

    Meanwhile, some members of staff of PDP who spoke with the newsmen on condition of anonymity, said that they were invited but that they turned down the invitation.

    “Our loyalist is for Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee, there is no reason for us to be jumping from one leader to another,’’ the staff said.