The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday gave reasons why it recanted on its opposition to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s emergence as the National Chairman of the party.
In a communiqué signed by former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu and issued at the end of an emergency meeting in Abuja, the BOT, said it backed down its opposition of Sheriff because it was interested in the unity, cohesion and future successes of the party.
According to the communiqué, the board said as the conscience of the party, it had the moral capacity to reinvent the party due to its unity of purpose and internal cohesion.
It said, “In this connection, in spite of the initial position taken by the BoT, its desire to ensure the unity, cohesion and future successes of the party has necessitates a review of its earlier position.
“Consequently, it resolved to adopt the decisions taken at the stakeholders meeting. It, however, urged the full implementation of all the decisions/programmes agreed upon at the stakeholder meeting of Tuesday, February 23, 2016.”
The board also ordered members of the party’s National Working Committee to vacate their positions to give way to a new leadership within three months.
“Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and all current members of the National Working Committee must vacate their positions to give way to new leadership within the 3 months time frame,” it said.
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