The crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to have taken a turn for the worse on Wednesday after the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) announced a takeover of the party and the sacking of its two factional leaders, former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff and former governor Ahmed Makarfi.
According to Premium Times, The Chairman of the Board, Walid Jibrin, told members of staff of the party at its National Secretariat, Abuja, on Wednesday that the BOT had taken over the running of the party.
He said that the action of the BOT became important to allow it clean up party’s operations and resolve the leadership crisis that has dogged the former ruling party.
“Today, the BOT remains the only legal body now in the whole set up and that is why we are here to play our role,” Mr. Jibrin said.
“We are not here to take over the secretariat. We are here to perform our duties as enshrined in the constitution, hopefully it will be resolved soon.
“We, the BOT have taken it upon ourselves to ensure we play a great role in resolving the problems.
“We have gone very far in resolving them. We have made some contacts and consultations.
“We are not here to cast blame on anybody. If it means to go to anybody to solve the problem, we will do so.’’
Jibrin, who said that the board would play its role without fear or favour, assured that the BOT would do its best to return normalcy to the party.
“The PDP has come to stay. PDP will never die,” he said. PDP will continue to rule.
“We are only on sabbatical leave and once the sabbatical is over, we are going to take over our leadership because it is our own. We are going back in 2019. But we can only do that if we cooperate and unite.’’
Mr. Jibrin, however, commended the Nigeria Police for securing the party’s secretariat by barricading access into it.
“At this critical moment, what we need is to secure our property, to safeguard your lives, and to allow members of staff of the party to work under a very good atmosphere.
“We, the BOT are entrusted under the constitution of our party to be in charge of the assets and liability of PDP.’’
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