PDP crisis: Makarfi’s Faction Reportedly Bows To Sheriff’s Leadership

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accepted that the National Chairman of the Party, Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff should go ahead and conduct the national convention.

The reconciliation committee of the party led by Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday, submitted its report to Sheriff at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.

The opposing faction, however, agreed that Sheriff should chair the convention of the party being proposed for June 30.

Governor Dickson, told newsmen after submitting the report that a political solution is the best option in resolving the party’s crisis.

According to him, “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.”

After receiving the report, the former Borno State Governor, pointed out that the party’s National Executive Council, NEC, would look into the report with a view to implementing its recommendations.

Sheriff said, “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.”

Also, the reconciliation committee recommended that the party holds its national convention not later than June 30.

In it  proposal, the committee said the convention planning committee should consist of seven Governors of the party; seven senators including the deputy senate president, as well as 12 members of the House of Representatives.

It also proposed that six members of the Board of Trustees, BoT, the state chairmen of zones, and six serving speakers of the State Houses of Assembly should be included in the planning committee.

Dickson added, “This should also include six former governors; former presiding officers of the National Assembly who are still members of the party; six prominent women leaders.

“Others are six youth leaders; six former ministers of the party and 12 others to be nominated by the national chairman in consultation with stakeholders of the party.

“We also proposed that the convention committee shall be responsible for the conduct of the elections into all national offices of the party including the zoning of such offices.”