PDP Crisis: BoT intervenes, meets Okowa, others in Abuja

The Chairman of the PDP’s board of trustees reconciliatory committee has met with the vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa to deliberate on ways to settle all differences and unite the party.

The Committee will also meet with Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike and other members who are still aggrieved over some unresolved differences in the party.

The meeting which was held behind closed doors at the Delta State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Saturday, afforded the BoT and the candidate the opportunity to speak frankly about the lingering issues hindering genuine reconciliation as well as the way forward.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the meeting, Acting Chairman of the BoT, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, said, “Yes, we came as the special reconciliation committee of the board of trustees to visit our vice presidential, candidate, Governor Okowa on the ongoing crisis, and also to profer solutions to those issues.

“We were properly briefed by His Excellency the vice presidential candidate on these issues.

“The committee is enlightened now on the issues and we’re moving forward. Like I said the last time, we have been going around and we met most of the governors.”

While speaking on the next step for the BoT, Wabara said, “In the coming days, we will also meet with the principal, the Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and from there we will proceed to meet with Governor Wike.

“We have met with some other governors, we have met Governor Samuel Ortom, Governor Seyi Makinde, Governor Seyi Makinde, Governor Ahmadu Fintri, Governor Ikpeazu, and Ugwuanyi of Enugu State.

“We have what it takes to resolve this, and very soon we will resolve all these issues.“