{"id":49467,"date":"2016-05-22T16:21:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=49467"},"modified":"2016-05-23T00:52:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T23:52:46","slug":"mantus-group-rejects-markafis-committee-says-bot-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/mantus-group-rejects-markafis-committee-says-bot-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantu&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0 group rejects\u00a0 Markafi&#8217;s committee,\u00a0 says BOT should step in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mailview-right\" class=\"offset uibox\">\n<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A group of elders of the PDP has\u00a0 said the Board of Trustees (BoT) should take over the affairs of the party in place of dissolved National Working Committee (NWC).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Co-Chairman of the group,\u00a0 Concerned Peoples Democratic Party Stakeholders,\u00a0 Sen. Ibrahim Mantu, stated this in Abuja on Saturday while reacting to the developments from the national convention of the party held in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that delegates at the convention dissolved the party\u2019s NWC, the National Executive Committee (NEC), quashed the zoning of national chairmanship to the North- East, among other resolutions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The convention constituted a caretaker committee, headed by former governor of Kaduna state, Sen. Ahmed Markafi to manage the party for 90 days and conduct a fresh national convention within the period.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But Mantu told newsmen that the group rejected the caretaker committee, saying that the only constitutional organ to run the affairs of the party in a situation as had arisen was the leadership of BoT.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere is a body that is constitutionally mandated to take over the affairs of the party and that body is the conscience of the party called the Board of Trustees (BoT),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said that the development at Port Harcourt was a clear vindication for the group\u2019s demands and principles.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe were opposed to the zoning and indeed the zoning has been cancelled or set aside.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe were also opposed to the convention, and the convention did not take place courtesy of the court.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAgain, we were opposed to the way the congresses have been conducted, that, they fell short of our expectations. Now these congresses and conventions have been set aside.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis group can confidently say that we have achieved all the targets we set to achieve,\u201d Mantu stated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Also speaking at the news conference, former Minister of National Planning, Mr Saminu Turaki, said that it was time the BOT stepped in and took charge of the party.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Turaki said that the PDP Constitution empowered the BOT as the conscience of the party to take over during situations as such as it was happening currently.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be any vacuum and we are concerned that what is coming out of the party from Port Harcourt may likely deepen our disagreement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn this situation, therefore, the BOT leadership must take up its responsibilities over the reign of the affairs of the party.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey need to bring all the members of our party back home, for us to sit down and find a way forward as members of one family,\u201d Turaki said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saying that the events at Port Harcourt had further factionalised the party, he said it was unfortunate that instead of working towards strengthening and bringing all members together, they ended up scattering it more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere is a group now behind Sheriff saying that everything that has been done is illegitimate and wrongful, while the other groups are saying that Sheriff has been dissolved.<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to destroy this party; we want to strengthen the party and bring all members as it were as one family back home together. That is why we are worried.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cInstead of them coming to say that we were right, that they have agreed with our arguments, they ended up factionalising their own group.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are saying that this is a very serious situation we need to appraise before taking a decision,\u201d he said. 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