Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party met in
Katsina, Katsina State on Friday and agreed to set up a committee that would
bring back five governors who have left the ruling party for the All
Progressive Congress.
The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of
Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio,who disclosed this after the meeting of
the governors, added that the committee would also get across to other
aggrieved members of the party as well.
Akpabio, however, did not mention the names of the members of the
committee, but added that the committee would be known as reconciliation
committee.
Flanked by other governors during the press briefing after the Forum’s
retreat which was held at the Katsina state capital Akpabio said, “The forum
has set up a reconciliation committee to ensure total recognition of all its
members including our governors who have defected to other party.”
Governors who have left the party in anger are Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto),
Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara) Murtala Nyako (Adamawa)
and Rabiu Kwankwanso (Kano)
Apart from them, 37 members of the House of Representatives also left
the party for the APC while some members of the state houses of assembly across
the country have also ditched the party.
Irrespective of the pleas by the leadership of the party that they
should return to the ruling party, the defected governors and the lawmakers
have maintained that they would remain in their new party.
Akpabio also criticised the APC for directing its members in the
National Assembly not to work for the passage of the 2014 budget and also block
the screwing of ministerial nominees and the service chiefs.
He said the call was uncalled for and described it as unfortunate.
While hailing the decision of the former National Chairman of the party,
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur for resigning his position, he also pledged the loyalty of
the governors for the new national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.
He said, “Forum congratulates President Goodluck Jonathan on the
peaceful transition of authority from Tukur to Mu’azu as the chairman of
the PDP
“We express our confidence in his ability to unite the party and lead
the party to victory in 2015.”
Apkabio,u people should stop wasting ur time abt d defected people they are not returning back to PDP,is Muazu better than Tukur,Muazu is a wanted man of EFFC though he is now d chairman of PDP nd Jonathan as usual will want to protect him just d way he is used to protect criminals nd corrupt people that are loyal to him,what pdp should be after now is how more of pdp members don't decamp again but 4 d ones that have gone they have gone 4ever except if some are fooiish enough to return
ReplyDeleteThey 'll never return to pdp that i promise anyone who cares to listen
ReplyDeleteIn future pdp 'll fall apart.
ReplyDeleteYou can only speak for yoirself and not them. By the time they realize that their selfish ambission are not met by APC they will all as usual return back to PDP like ATiku and kalu with praises that PDP is the only party in AfricaM
ReplyDeleteReturn to where. I thought they were told that they were not relevant to the party. This is not atiku and kalu matter. If a governor is working correctly he will have followers. Pls jist pray more govnors dnt leave pdp when you announce your presidential candidate.
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