PDP Crisis Close To An End As Warring Parties Shift Grounds

​The crisis of the main opposition party in Nigeria, PDP seems close to an end as the warring parties have decided to shift grounds.

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were at the weekend rushing against time to resolve the crisis in the party to prepare for a smooth and acceptable convention next Wednesday.

The factional national chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff who had last Tuesday spurned peace entreaties initiated by the Board of Trustees, BoT appeared to unbend following new offers of peace from him Saturday Vanguard learnt yesterday.

This was upon the unending shuttles embarked by some members of the Reconciliation Committee and some governors who descended on Abuja to find a way out of the crisis.

Among those spearheading the talks between Sheriff and the mainstream of the party led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, was Prof. Jerry Gana, the chairman of the Reconciliation Committee.

It was learnt that Gana in between shuttles between Sheriff and the Makarfi Committee was able to get some softening of tones leading to optimism that the convention would hold as scheduled. However, among the lowered conditions from Sheriff was that he would co-chair the national convention with Senator Makarfi.

According to reports, Sheriff was also demanding the position of National Secretary for his acolyte. Senator Sheriff in continuing to hold out was insisting that that though he was ready to negotiate with leaders of the party, it does “not mean that we are going to agree on anything that will affect our integrity, followership and our political interests”.

Meanwhile, the governor of Gombe state, Ibrahim Dankwambo has called on leaders of the party to make sacrifices in order to move the party forward. Speaking at a meeting of PDP North East Zonal Caucus in Abuja, Governor Dankwambo said that this is the best time to sacrifice for the party.

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