The leadership
crisis in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is coming to an end with the
recognition of Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff as the National Chairman of the party
by the
Ahmed Makarfi faction.
This came to
light yesterday during the submission of a report of the reconciliation
committee to Senator Modu-Sheriff by the chairman of the committee, Governor
Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State at the national secretariat of the party in
Abuja.
The Makarfi
faction also agreed that Modu-Sheriff should chair the convention of the party
being proposed for June 30.
Speaking with
newsmen after submitting the report, Governor Dickson said political solution
is the best option in resolving the party’s crisis, adding that litigation
would continue to cause more divisions in the party.
Responding to
a question on who would preside over the convention, Dickson said that the
Court of Appeal judgment which upheld Modu-Sheriff as the National Chairman of
the PDP had already taken care of the question.
“If you go to
the Appeal Court or Supreme Court and get judgment, you will still conduct a
national convention, so political solution is be best option.’’
Responding
after receiving the report, Sheriff said that the party’s National Executive
Council (NEC) would look into the report with a view to implementing its
recommendations.
“Looking at
what you are proposing, in my mind, you have taken all the stakeholders of the
party into consideration. There is no section of the party that you have left
behind.
“If we as a
people given the responsibility are to do this, we may not do better than
this."
Governor
Dickson expressed the hope that the convention would enable the party to move
forward.
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