said it had accepted the recommendations in the report of the party’s
Reconciliation Committee.
The National Chairman of the party, Sen. 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 Bayelsa governor, Mr Sariake Dickson, met the requirements for the
conduct of national convention and reconciliation procedures.
“We accept the recommendations in totality and we will start working on
the implementation,’’ he said.
He added that the recommendation was, however, subject to further approval
of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
Dickson had on Tuesday, submitted the report of the recommendation to
Sheriff at PDP National Secretariat, Abuja.
Sheriff said that he would commence consultation with all organs of the
party in line with the recommendation.
He said that he would contact the organs to get their membership lists so
as to draw up the nomination for the national convention planning
committee members as proposed by the committee.
He also said that the commission would soon set up state executive for
Anambra chapter of the party as part of preparations for the November,
2017 governorship election in the state.
The chairman also disclosed that as part of efforts to reunite the party
members, he had contacted all the states governors of the party, including
Mr Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and Chairman of PDP Governors Forum.
He said that he had contacted all the governors except Nyesome Wike of
Rivers, who was said to be out of the country.
Sheriff, however, cautioned some party members, especially Fayose, to
desist from making derogatory remarks about him.
He said that Fayose had already made it a point of duty to insult his
personality on daily basis, but said “I want to tell him that enough is
enough.
“Belonging to political party is by choice. Yes, you may have a right, but
your right should not trample on another person’s right; political party
is a voluntary association.
“If you are a leader of a political party, we have to allow people to have
their choice of leadership.’’
Sheriff, who said he had no personal rift with Fayose or any party member,
said that all he was doing was to make PDP attractive to everybody.
“We want to reposition the party so that it can win elections,” he said.
On indefinite medical vacation by President Muhammadu Buhari abroad,
Sheriff said the president’s absence did not affect governance as he had
transferred power to Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
He advised Nigerians not to politicise the issue of health, saying “every
living human being will get sick.’’ (NAN)
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has ordered the Inspector-General of
Police Ibrahim Idris to promptly investigate and ensure the prosecution of
the culprits in the recent communal clashes in Ile-Ife, where several
lives were reportedly lost.
Prof. Osinbajo condoles with those who lost their loved ones in the
violence and commiserates with the people, and government of the State of
Osun over the unfortunate incident. He prays that the Almighty God will
comfort those who have become mourners in such tragic circumstances.
The Acting President also calls on all the different groups of people in
Ile-Ife to live in harmony, remain calm and keep the peace while police
investigation is in progress, assuring that perpetrators of the acts of
violence will be identified and brought to book according to law.
While strongly condemning the killings and other acts of violence that
have been perpetuated in the town, Acting President Osinbajo emphasises
that resorting to acts of violence as a form of redress over grievances by
any group of people anywhere in the country will not be tolerated or
condoned by the Federal Government. Such unlawful pursuit of redress and
despicable expression of grievances shall be firmly punished in line with
extant laws.