To resolve the crises in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
some elders of the party including former Military President, Ibrahim
Babangida and former PDP Chairman, Ahmadu Ali has met secretly
with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.
The party broke up on August 31st when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and seven state governors left the Mini Convention of the party to form the ‘New PDP’
It could not be confirmed whether former President
Olusegun Obasanjo, who had been involved in the past mediating meetings,
was at the meeting held at House 7 in the State House Tuesday
afternoon.
Journalists were not allowed to get close to the venue of the
meeting which lasted for about one hour. There was no press briefing or
statement issued at the end.
The meeting, according to a reliable source who does not want his
name in prints, was a preparatory meeting towards the scheduled meeting
in the night with the aggrieved members.
Even as it was not clear if any governor attended the meeting
yesterday afternoon, some state governors were spotted at the
Presidential villa before the meeting including the Chairman of the PDP
Governors’ Forum, Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Emmanuel Uduaghan
(Delta) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue).
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