The peace move by elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo aimed at restoring peace in the troubled party may not have yielded positive result as the two factions were unyielding in their demands, insisting that their conditions for peace must be satisfied before the party can move forward. Obasanjo and other senior members of the party met with its two factions at Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Friday to discuss how to settle the differences among the warring factions. To avoid physical confrontation by the antagonists, the peace team met separately with the two factions for more than two hours. Sources said the Tukur faction asked the elder to prevail on Baraje and the rest to desist from parading themselves as the parallel PDP National Working Committee; subject themselves to the constitution of PDP; and allow the party leadership to resolve all issues raised by the governors. Another source said: "The Baraje faction insisted on its four-point demand bordering on the removal of Tukur, the need for Jonathan to forget seeking re-election in 2015, the resolution of the Nigeria Governors Forum crisis and the stoppage of harassment of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). "The Baraje group said its demands were not negotiable although the elders only took note of their complaints. It is left to the elders to harmonize these issues tabled before them and find solutions," the source said. Those at the meeting from the Bamanga Tukur faction were Tukur; some NWC members, Governors Liyel Imoke, Ibrahim Shema, Godswill Akpabio, Isa Yuguda, Emmanuel Uduagan, Seriake Dickson, Jonah Jang, Theodore Orji and Idris Wada, while the other faction was represented by Baraje; the Deputy National Chairman, Sam Jaja; ex-Governor Bukola Saraki; factional National Secretary of the PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; Governors Rotimi Amaechi; Sule Lamido and Aliyu Wammako.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:19:47 +0000
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