In a move that suggests it has finally accepted Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, the PDP Rescue Group yesterday insisted that the tenure of Sheriff and other members of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, expires on March 28, 2016.
The group, which had strongly opposed the emergence of Sheriff, consequently called on the NWC to commence programme leading to the party’s congresses and the National Convention.
Making this demand in a statement signed by the chairman of the PDP Rescue Group, Amb. Wilberforce Juta, the group vowed not to relent until sanity was restored back to the party.
The group, which comprise mostly of former ministers who had served under the party in the last 16 years, stated that the NWC’s tenure will end by March 26, 2016, and that no authority has the power under the PDP Constitution to extend the tenure of any official or organ of the party.
According to the statement, “Although a joint meeting of representatives of the Board of Trustees, the National Working Committee, the National Assembly Caucus and the PDP Governors’ Forum had offered a compromise to the current crisis, we affirm that no authority has the power under the PDP Constitution to extend the tenure of any official or organ of the party. The tenure of the current National Executive Committee, NWC, will expire on 28th March 2016. We expect all leaders and organ to abide by that.
“Congresses and the National Convention to elect new party leaders at all levels can be conducted in the month of March, 2016. Friday 26th February, 2016 marks the third day in line with the seven days ultimatum handed down by the National Caucus to the NWC to produce a programme leading to the party Congresses and the National Convention.”
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