The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) moved on Wednesday to resolve the party’s current crisis by setting up a six-member reconciliation committee.
The committee, which is chaired by Ambassador Hassan Adamu, has a representative from each of the six geopolitical zones of the country.
It was given the task of resolving the ongoing dispute among members of the National Working Committee (NWC) by reconciling the two warring groups.
The NWC led by the National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, suspended the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and three others last week for alleged anti-party activities.
Anyanwu, in turn, led another four members of the NWC to suspend Damagum and five national officers, accusing Damagum in particular of ‘incompetence.’
But, the BoT, after an emergency meeting chaired by Senator Adulphus Wabara in Abuja on Wednesday, appointed the committee to see to the resolution of the differences between the two parties, especially that the PDP is going ahead with its planned November 15 National Elective Convention scheduled for Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The organ, among other resolutions, said while it would not take sides with any of the parties, reaffirmed that the PDP remained united under the Damagum-led NWC and applauded the ruling of an Oyo State High Court, which recognised the right of the PDP to regulate its internal affairs.