BEVERLY HILLS, AUGUST 8, (THEWILL) – The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a reconciliatory committee to reconcile the two factions of the party, the Ali Modu Sheriff camp and the Ahmed Makarfi led Caretaker Committee.
According to the Chairman of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin, the trustees would not sit by idly and watch the as the party is being destroyed by the lingering leadership crisis.
He made this known as he inaugurated the 18-member committee, chaired by a former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, in Abuja on Monday.
Jibrin expressed worry at the number of court cases instituted by the various contending groups within the party revealing that they are about 15 court cases which according to him needed an urgent political resolution outside the courts.
He urged the litigants to withdraw the court cases and allow the reconciliation committee to resolve the differences so that the August 17 convention could hold stressing that allowing the cases to go on might leave the party in a permanent state of crisis.
Other members of the committee are Alhaji Shuaibu Oyedokun, Senator Ibrahim Ida, Hajia Inna Ciroma, Senator Biodun Olujimi and Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (rtd), among others.
Story by David Oputah
