PDP Crisis: No Political Solution Yet, Says Adeyeye
Explain truce with Sheriff
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Ahmed Makarfi says it is yet to reach a deal on a political solution in the conflict with the Ali-Modu Sherrif faction.
In a statement issued by its spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, the caretaker committee said that its attention had been drawn to some publication in the news media misinforming the public that the parties had reached a “political solution”.
"This is not true and we wish to state that the agreement signed yesterday before the Governor Dickson's Reconciliation Committee was only to stop further media attacks on officers, elders and other stakeholders of the PDP across the internal political divide.
Adeyeye said that what was agreed upon between his side and the representative of the Sheriff-led PDP leadership was actually meant to stop them from dissipating energy on needless verbal attacks.
"For the record, the agreement was not a political solution but rather an understanding reached urging representative of the key actors from both groups not to dissipate energy amongst themselves but to focus on how to unite as a formidable force capable of re-gaining power from the failed All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in the 2019.
"The agreement also implores both parties to desist from making public derogatory remarks against each other that could cause inflammatory reactions capable of dragging the Party to the mud.
“It is instructive to note that the National Caretaker Committee and all the organs of the Party are working hard with the Reconciliation Committee ably led by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson with other stakeholders to reach a lasting political solution.
"However, this effort is without prejudice to the Appeal before the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the Court of Appeal Judgment of February 17, 2017.
"We call on all our members, teeming supporters and lovers of democracy to continue supporting our Party leaders, elders and other critical stakeholders as we work assiduously to bring the party crisis to an end," he said.