PDP Crisis: Saraki, Dickson, Dankwambo Storm Enugu, Meet with Gov Mbah
By Ndukaku Ihe
Determined to stem the festering crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the main opposition party’s Special Reconciliation Committee chaired by former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Friday, met with the governor of Enugu State and leader of the party in the South East region, Dr. Peter Mbah.
Addressing newsmen after the closed-door meeting with Mbah, Saraki assured there is nothing insurmountable in the challenge ahead, describing the spirit, commitment of all especially the PDP leaders, as very inspiring.
Saraki explained that the reconciliation team was in Enugu State to consult with one of the PDP leaders, Governor Peter Mbah, who is the leader of the party in the South East.
He said: “We are members of the PDP Reconciliation and Strategy Committee that was set up recently by the PDP Governors’ Forum to work towards ensuring that our upcoming National Executive Council meeting, and also likely convention is rancour-free and works smoothly.
“This is the first state we are coming to because we appreciate the importance of the South East in our PDP family. As you all know, the South East has played a key role as the bedrock of the popularity and the strength of our party.
“In recognition of that, we are here to consult with him and first to commend him on the leadership role he has been playing in the party. More importantly also, to commend what he is doing in Enugu State, which is a reflection for Nigerians to see what happens when you have a PDP government.
“In doing that, we discussed how we will ensure that we carry out the assignment given to us and go ahead to have our NEC and our convention. We will have one that is rancour-free and smooth, peaceful and lays the foundation for the PDP that we all are wishing for.”
Saraki informed that the reconciliation team had a very good discussion, and going away with some of the suggestions that we have here and hopefully work on that.
“With this, we can say here in Enugu we laid the foundation for a greater new PDP that is coming”, he said.
Other members of the Committee present at the meeting, which held at the Government House, Enugu, were former governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson, and former governor of Gombe State, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo.
AbeyaNews recalls that the leaders of PDP in the zone had in a communique issued after the South East PDP Zonal Executive Council, ZEC, meeting a fortnight ago announced the re-nomination of former PDP National Youth Leader, Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye, to serve out the remaining tenure of the National Secretary, threatening possible exodus should their decision not be respected.
“In the event that our position is not promptly implemented by the party, the South East PDP, as a family, will be compelled to reconsider our relationship with the PDP going forward”, the communique stated.
