The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist with the party set to hold two separate national conventions this Saturday.
While the faction loyal to Ali Modu Sheriff will be holding its convention in Port Harcourt, another faction said to be headed by a former Information Minister Prof. Jerry Gana will hold its own in Abuja.
The two factions met simultaneously in Abuja to fine-tune plans for their separate conventions.
The pro-Sheriff convention is backed by the party’s governors, its National Assembly caucus and a faction of the Board of Trustees (BoT) led by chairman Senator Walid Jibrin.
The Gana group, under the aegis of Concerned PDP Stakeholders, have inaugurated its 56-members steering committee to conduct its convention and pilot the affairs of the party afterwards.
Members of the group include:
Prof. Tunde Adeniran, Hajia Inna Ciroma, Amb. Wilberforce Juta, Alhaji Ibrahim Bunu, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, Senator Bala Mohammed, Mr. Taminu Turaki, Dr. Doyin Okupe and Mrs. Remi Adiukwu.
Other PDP big names in the group are:
Mrs. Josephine Anenih, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Prof. ABC Nwosu, Sen. Ben Obi, Mr. John Odey, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa, Alh. Shittu Mohammed Kabiru, Senator Grace Bent, and Senator Anietie Okon.
A group of former PDP governors who are also named as members are:
Lucky Igbinedion, Bonnie Haruna, Ibrahim Shema, Donald Duke, Attahiru Bafarawa, Mahmood Shinkafi, Abdulkadir Kure, Ahmed Makarfi, Achike Udenwa, Babangida Aliyu, Gbenga Daniel and a former PDP national Chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo.
At a meeting of PDP National Executive Committee (NEC), Walid said he met with the Gana group up to 2.30 am yesterday and pleaded with the aggrieved members to drop plans for a parallel convention.
“I pleaded with them to refrain from actions capable of destroying the unity of the party. I made it clear to them that I will not be attending meetings other than the ones called by the organs of the party.
“As a matter of fact, I made it clear to them that I will be leading the BoT members to the Port Harcourt convention”, the BoT chair said.
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