This was contained in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Saturday by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Jackson Adebayo
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The chairmen also supported the committee’s reports and recommendations, including an all-inclusive unity convention to be held as soon as possible
He however said he was yet to join another party
Makarfi stated this on Thursday when a delegation of PDP Concerned Grassroots Stakeholders from Borno State visited him at the party’s temporary secretariat in Abuja
The defectors announced their position in a letter to the Assembly on THursday
According to Dickson, rather than embark on name-calling, propaganda and outright lies, it was high time the party came together in the interest of peace
The committee’s Publicity Secretary, Dayo Adeyeye, made the denial on Monday in Abuja
Represented by his National Deputy Chairman, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, Sheriff described the Gana-led committee as “illegal”
The leader of the caucus, Rep. Leo Ogor, told newsmen in Abuja that the committee, which submitted its report to the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, did not consult PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly
The National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
Sheriff said the NWC believed that the recommendations of the committee headed by the Bayelsa State Governor, Sariake Dickson, met the requirements for the conduct of national convention and reconciliation procedures
The governor said he was aware that well over $1 million had been provided by the All Progressives Congress to fund the convention being planned by the Sheriff group, while adequate security will also be provided by the security agencies that are now more like part of the ruling party at the federal level.
The decision was taken by the PDP senators after a closed door meeting
The committee also stressed the need for a template that would culminate into a Unity National Convention
Fayose said he was forced to make the donation to the project, which he described as one of the greatest fraud ever, alongside 30 other governors then elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2005
In a statement by Ikechukwu Eze, his Media Adviser, in Abuja, Jonathan urged the party faithful to ignore rumours and false information being peddled as the outcome of ongoing dialogue in the party
The National Publicity Secretary of the committee, Dayo Adeyeye, made the call while addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja
The senator said that the Court of Appeal judgment, which affirmed Sheriff as the national chairman of PDP, had afforded the party an opportunity to put its house in order
The party has split into supporting the two contenders for the position of National Chairman
fter the fall of its two chairmen, Adamu Mu’azu and Uche Secondus, the PDP machine, comprising the national caucus, governors, members of the National Working Committee and the party’s leaders in the National Assembly, all lined up behind Modu Sheriff. Femi Fani-Kayode was the notable exception
Sheriff said this when he received some PDP leaders from the South West geopolitical zone who paid him a visit in his office in Abuja