It is getting clear to
members of the new PDP
that all efforts will be put
into the ongoing move to
frustrate any attempt by
them to get a favourable
bargain in the old PDP.
Consequently, they have
released an 11 point
resolution on the way
forward in the struggle. A
meeting attended by the
nPDP stakeholders in
Abuja on October 27,
2013, resolved as follows:
"A Committee was
mandated to explore
other options
available to the party
should the dialogue
with President
Jonathan fails to
yield any positive
result for its future
political activity as
the vision and
mission of the party
cannot be derailed
by any force or
group of people, no
matter the ploys and
plots."
1. The meeting
congratulated and
commended the Alh.
Abukakar Kawu Baraje-
led National Working
Committee (NWC) of the
party for exhibiting quality
and purposeful leadership
since their election and
urged the team not to
relent until Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) is
restored to the right path
of democracy and
civilised conduct unlike
the draconian style of
leadership being exhibited
by the Alh. Bamanga
Tukur faction of the party.
2. The meeting reviewed
the events that preceded
the formation of the New
PDP which main aim was
to stop some of the
undemocratic acts and
impunity associated with
the Tukur leadership of
the party. It took stock of
all the efforts by members
of the group to assist in
putting the PDP back to a
democratic path as
envisioned and envisaged
by the founding fathers of
the party and commended
members for staying so
faithful to the goals, vision
and mission of the
historical step we took by
walking out during the ill-
conceived and flawed
August, 2013 Special
Convention of PDP.
3. The meeting enlarged
the Mobilisation/Contact
Committee to include
more Sitting Governors
and Ex-Governors. The
Committee was mandated
to explore other options
available to the party
should the dialogue with
President Jonathan fails
to yield any positive result
for its future political
activity as the vision and
mission of the party
cannot be derailed by any
force or group of people
no matter the ploys and
plots. The Committee is
expected also to liaise
with the new five other
PDP Governors and other
leaders that have
indicated interest to join
the group and to submit
their report during the next
meeting of the Caucus
that will hold in a week’s
time to ascertain how
these distinguished new
members would be
received by the party.
4. The meeting set up a
Fund/Finance Committee
mandated to source for
extra funds to run the
party.
5. The meeting reviewed
all our Court cases so far
and counselled the Legal
Team to ensure that our
water-tight cases are
professionally handled
and ensure success in all
the cases involving the
party henceforth. The
Meeting commended the
Legal Team led by Mr.
Ahmed Raji (SAN) for
filling the notice of appeal
and also seeking an
injunction and a stay of
execution of Honourable
Justice Chukwu’s ruling
against us some days ago
before the Federal High
Court, Abuja.
6. The meeting reviewed
all the peace meetings so
far held with President
Jonathan and the Tukur
Faction of the party and
commended our
Governors for the maturity
they have exhibited in the
course of the meetings
even though all the issues
we raised and presented
through the General
Olusegun Obasanjo-led
Elders Committee to
President Jonathan and
his people have been
bluntly turned down.
7. The meeting noted with
sadness that instead of
President Jonathan to
critically examine and act
on some of the issues we
raised, our members in
various States of the
Federation are being
persecuted, humiliated
through the unfair use of
State powers, arrested
and put into prison as is
the case in Baylesa and
Gombe States just to
demonstrate its disdain
for peace and plot to
destroy the party. To
further demonstrate that
they don’t want peace in
the party, Tukur has
continued with his hidden
agenda by setting up
parallel chapters in states
where he has nobody
backing him to ensure
that PDP is destroyed
without any remedy.
Some of the demands
presented by our
Governors include the
need to reverse the
impunity in Rivers State,
where a sitting Governor
was suspended from the
party against the
constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and
the PDP Constitution, and
refusing to uphold the
result of the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum election
that saw Governor
Amaechi winning 19 to 16
votes against Governor
Jang. Others include our
request for the removal of
Alh. Bamanga Tukur as
our party National
Chairman knowing his
flawed election as our
party Chairman, and
ending the impunity in
Adamawa State, among
other demands that will
put PDP in a strong
position as a political
party but for reasons not
to clear to some of us
failed to receive the
blessing of Mr. President.
To us, we see all these as
attempts by the Tukur’s
faction to destroy the
party seeing that they
have no stake in the party
anymore.
8. The meeting thanked
both the International
Media, the media in
Nigeria, including social
media, for not only
showing interest in our
plight and efforts to
restore normalcy in our
polity but also for
demonstrating unalloyed
commitment in presenting
the facts about our
struggle. Their support
and the courage God has
given us have being the
source of our strength all
these while. We urge the
media not to relent as this
is a collective struggle for
the future of our country.
9. The meeting
vehemently condemned
the deployment of the
Police to the vicinity of
the Sokoto Governor’s
Lodge, Abuja, with a view
to scuttling the Caucus
Meeting, not knowing that
the Sokoto Governor’s
Lodge was used as a
decoy since we’re well
aware of the evil mentality
of our opponents. This is
the same Police that
cannot find a solution to
the menace of Boko
Haram, kidnapping and
other security challenges
of the country but now
used to harass innocent
unarmed civilians like our
members!
10. The meeting
concluded that by urging
our Governors to continue
to pursue peace within the
party in the hope that
President Jonathan and
Tukur’s faction would
stop the persecution of
the party faithful and
allow common reason to
prevail in our efforts to
restore peace to our party
but should all our efforts
to restore peace to the
party fail, Nigerians
should know those to hold
responsible for the
destruction of PDP come
the 2015 general election.
11. The meeting rose with
a resolution to reconvene
in a week’s time at a
venue to be
communicated to
members.
New PDP chieftains that
attended the meeting
included Governors Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso (Kano);
Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto);
Murtala Nyako
(Adamawa); Chibuike
Amaechi (Rivers); Sule
Lamido (Jigawa); former
governors Adamu Aliero
(Kebbi State); Bukola
Saraki (Kwara State);
Danjuma Goje (Gombe
State); and Abdullahi
Adamu (Nasarawa
State).Others included the
party’s National
Chairman, Alhaji
Abubakar Kawu Baraje;
Deputy Chairman Sam
Sam Jaja; National
Secretary Olagunsoye
Oyinlola; and Vice-
Chairman, North-West,
Ibrahim Kazuare, among
others. The excuse by the
Governors of Kwara and
Niger States to be absent
from the meeting was
tabled and accepted.
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