PDP Faction Gives 4 Condition For Reconciliation Aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction have given four conditions for peace to reign in the party. They tabled the conditions at a meeting on Sunday night with President Goodluck Jonathan, 16 governors, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of a faction of the party, Chief Tony Anenih. The conditions are that: •factional National Chairman Bamanga Tukur should be sacked; •President Jonathan should do one term only and forget re-election in 2015; •the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Rivers State crises should be resolved; and •"harassment" of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be stopped. According to report, attempts were made to narrow the conditions to two but no progress was made. The National Secretary of the Atiku-Governors faction of the PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, said yesterday that despite the intervention by Jonathan, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and other party leaders, members of the New PDP would not abandon their struggle. Oyinlola, who issued a statement in Abuja, said the faction would not disappoint members in the mission to make the PDP work again in the interest of Nigeria and its people.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:46:46 +0000