Group Tasks PDP Factions On Reconciliation

The People’s Democratic
Party, PDP Revival Network has urged the rival factions of the party to close ranks and support the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, in the interest of strengthening the PDP as the viable opposition in the country.
National President of the network, Patriot Adamu Gabriel, who made the appeal in Abuja yesterday  noted that the party has been weakened by the current division within its fold and that this was not in the interest of our democracy.
Gabriel appealed to the Senator Ali Modu Sherriff faction to discard ego and forge a common front with the main body while acknowledging the Senator Ibrahim Mantu led faction for taking mature steps towards the re-unification of the party.
He said “The Mantu led faction should be happy that they have engineered the necessary reforms in the interest of the PDP and their names can never be forgotten in the affairs of the PDP again.
“For us in the PDP Revival Network, we think closing ranks is the best option because if we support any faction against the party we would be asking for a final disintegration of the party and that is not good; not only for the PDP but for the whole of our democratic structure because if there is no viable opposition to the APC Nigerians will be in trouble.
“This is why we are asking the Ali Modu Sherriff faction to put the party’s interest above ego or self interest. If each of the factions were to break away as different politic.
Meanwhile, the former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus on Tuesday, formally handed the reigns of authority to the Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee.
Secondus at the event said the party is strong and is working towards ensuring a successful National Convention which would produce leaders who in turn would lead the party to victory in 2019.
He said, “The party is one and is strong. On behalf of members of the former National Working Committee of the PDP, I am here to handover to the caretaker committee chairman, we are ready to work with you, we are ready to cooperate with you.”
Secondus enjoined party leaders at all levels to go back to their localities and rebuild the party because all politics is local. He stressed that it is not enough to remain in Abuja and claim to have a large followers.
Also speaking at the event, the Chairman of the BoT, Sen. Walid Jibrin said the BoT never took over the party that all that it did was to hold the assets and liabilities of the party in trust.
He said he was handing over the secretariat to the Makarfi-led committee and appealed to party members to cooperate with the committee to deliver on its mandate.
”As we are talking to these other factions we are also asking that the party as ably led by Senator Makarfi should restore its glory and honour in line with the vision of the founding fathers. He must in the spirit of reconciliation carry the other factions along to make the rebirth of the PDP real,” he said.