PDP leadership crisis: State chairmen deny expressing support for Makarfi

The Chairman of the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adebayo Dayo on Wednesday dismissed reports that the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee was endorsed by his colleagues.

Dayo was reacting to a report that the Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Yunusa Suleiman, had on Monday led some state chairmen to a meeting with Makarfi, where they pledged their support to the former Kaduna governor.

Dayo, in a statement he personally signed, described the report as false and a complete misrepresentation of their position in regards to the current leadership crises rocking the party.

“What happened was that some State Chairmen were in Abuja for a routine meeting on Monday, June 27, 2016 to brainstorm ways of finding a lasting solution for the challenges in our party.

“At the meeting, it was resolved that a discussion should be brokered among the critical stakeholders.

“However, as we were leaving after the meeting, the Senator Makarfi group was coming in for their own meeting at the same venue and had brief discussion with some of us.”

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