Its a done deal: Amaechi, Wamakko, others sign power-sharing deal. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)was signed on Wednesday by the New Peoples Democratic Party with the All Progressives Congress (APC) though Chukwemeka Eze, the National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, did not declare where it was sealed. Sources said that both sides agreed that the five PDP governors who defected to the APC on Tuesday, would control the structures of the party (APC) in their states. The five governors, also known as rebel governors, are Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Muritala Nyako (Adamawa), Rabiu Kwakwanso (Kano) and Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara). The Citizen reports: It was also gathered that the rebel governors and leaders of the New PDP would play active roles in the emergence of the APC presidential candidate in 2015. Both parties, investigations revealed, also decided that the New PDP members would be actively involved in the APC convention. Eze had earlier said on Wednesday that the APC and New PDP would on Tuesday next week sign the MOU , which would contain their power-sharing arrangement. But he later corrected himself saying he had been directed to inform the media that the agreement had been signed. He said, “Please, I have just been corrected by our National Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje that the MOU has been signed and that the merger has been effected. So, my former statement should be ignored.” Eze also said that members of the New PDP would attend a peace meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday. He also said the New PDP leadership had encouraged its members to attend. According to him, by virtue of the fact that aggrieved members of the PDP are Nigerians and Jonathan, the President, they will honour his invitation to the meeting. He said, “We have respect for the office of the President (it is not about Jonathan as an individual). “We have asked our governors to attend the meeting with the President, if he invites them. “That we have an understanding with the APC at the moment does not mean that Jonathan is our enemy. “He is still our father. He is still our President. It is not a meeting that anybody will stay away from, and we will attend. “By Sunday, we are to meet with Mr. President. We will listen to him and by Monday, we will be holding a meeting.” – Punch.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:08:25 +0000
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