Jonathan, rebel govs agree to ‘ceasefire’ … to meet again on Oct. 7 • New PDP treasurer quite: President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved governors in the New Peoples Democratic Party have agreed to sheath their swords as they commence immediate action towards the resolution of the crisis in the party. The decision was reached at a meeting they held on Sunday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday night. This was disclosed in a communique issued after the meeting, which ended around 11:00 pm. A statement issued at the end of the talks was read by one of the seven aggrieved governors in the New PDP and Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu. He was surrounded by Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, and the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih. Other governors in the New PDP in attendance were Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Rabiu Kwakwanso (Kano), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Abdulfattah Ahmed (Kwara). In the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP were Liyel Imoke (Cross River) Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) and Idris Wada (Kogi). In the statement, the parties to the talks also agreed to avoid inflammatory statements on contentious issues, pending the resolution of the crisis. The statement reads in part, “With a view to resolving the recent crisis in our party and sequel to the number of meetings convened by leaders and stakeholders and the governors of Adamawa, Niger, Rivers, Kwara, Sokoto, Jigawa, Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Kano
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:35:12 +0000