Makarfi
The
Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged
party members who are pursuing court cases against the party to
withdraw such cases and embrace reconciliation.
The litigants were advised against
involving external forces in the affairs of the party but to find
amicable means of settling their differences.
Rising from an enlarged meeting of the
BoT, the Concerned Stakeholders group and the Caretaker Committee in
Abuja yesterday, the party chieftains expressed concern over the unity
and stability of the party.
They cautioned that ongoing court cases
were capable of deepening the festering leadership crisis in the party,
adding that trend could adversely affect the health of the party.
In a communiqué read by Secretary of the
BoT Chief Ojo Maduekwe, after the meeting, the party chiefs said the
various organs and stakeholders have resolved to respect decisions taken
at the party’s May 21 convention held in Port Harcourt.
The meeting recognised the Ahmed Makarfi
led Caretaker Committee set up by the convention to run the affairs of
the party pending the election of a new set of officials.
It also called on members and other
interested parties to give recognition to the Makarfi committee to allow
it perform its functions.
The meeting added that the BoT, in
consultation with key stakeholders, would henceforth preside over
reconciliatory initiatives involving contending interests and groups.
The Makarfi committee was enjoined to involve stakeholders and the various groups in the discharge of its assignment.
Ex party chairman, Alhaji Ali Modu
Sheriff and Makarfi briefly met with the party elders for 10 minutes in
the morning, after which they both left the Transcorp Hilton Hotel venue
of the meeting.
However, while Makarfi came back to
rejoin the meeting, Sheriff never did. Chairman of the BoT, Senator
Walid Jibrin explained that Sheriff could not rejoin the meeting because
the timing was not convenient for him.
Other at the meeting included Deputy
President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu; Prof. Tunde Adeniran, Ibrahim
Mantu, Mrs. Stella Omu, Hajia Inna Ciroma, Senator Ben Obi.
Also at the meeting were a number of former ministers, former governors and members of the National Assembly.
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