The Nysome Wike-led group of five Peoples Democratic Party Governors made up of four former and one serving Governor, held talks with President Bola Tinubu late on Tuesday, Vanguard has learnt.
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Recall that Abubakar flew out of Nigeria to meet Wike in London, United Kingdom on Thursday over their differences.
Akande, who is also a lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday
In a press statement issued in Abuja, Oladipo noted that as a National Secretary of the party, he remains “a life member of PDP NEC even after my tenure as National Secretary
Fayose said this in reaction to the Court of Appeal judgment, which nullified Abang’s ruling of October 14, 2016 declaring Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the. October 26, 2016 governorship election In Ondo State.
The order, which came barely 48 hours to a convention the party scheduled to take place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 17, equally stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from monitoring the exercise
He said it was obvious that the police had become partisan when it decided to execute an interim injunction on the holding of the PDP National Convention when there was another court order directing it and the Department of State Services to provide security for the same convention
The newly-elected Chairman of the committee, Mohammed Nalado, disclosed this when he led members of the executive of the council on a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
He said: “I am ready to listen at any time to the committee, but for the crisis to be fully resolved, the rule of law must be followed
The meeting attended by PDP National Women leader, Kema Chikwe and National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh and others was held at the President’s office
The identity of those in attendance could however not be verified as it was said to be strictly private and not for media coverage
Mu’azu said during the party’s caucus meeting in Abuja on Wednesday at the residence of Senate President, David Mark, that the forum would enable members to “touch base and interact with one another”
Some stakeholders of the party, especially governors elected on the platform of the PDP, are insisting that Tukur must leave as chairman in the bid to resolve the crisis that had engulfed the party in the last one year
“It is very important for you to understand that anybody who wants to get to somebody and cannot, will resort to get him through people that are closer to him
Information reaching The Eagle Online has it that some governors loyal to Jonathan are also going to attend the meeting
The President of the Senate Senator David Mark led the Senators to the meeting while National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur led the party officials to the parley
“We are forced to cry out because of the unbelievable silence of our revered party elders in the face of the chain of developments
It is so amazing that members of the ruling party who have reaped from election rigging and other unconstitutional actions perpetrated by the same party are the ones now openly preaching against impunity and violation of constitutions
Mr. Oyinlola is the National Secretary of the Kawu Baraje faction of the party, also known as the “New PDP
The governors in the G-7 are Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)