PDP crisis: North East
group appeals to
Sheriff
A group of concerned Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) stakeholders in the North East region has
called on Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to withdraw all
pending litigation and embrace the National
Caretaker Committee to pave way for new leadership.
The group comprises Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa,
Yobe and Taraba states.

A communiqué, issued at the end of their meeting in
Bauchi, stated that the lingering crisis in the party
that led to various litigation at different courts across
the nation without any immediate solution informed
the gathering of the group.
“We have resolved and call on Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff to withdraw all pending litigation and
recognize the National Caretaker Committee in order
to pave the way forward for the party to have an all-
inclusive national convention that will usher in new
leadership”.

The meeting also resolved to “strengthen
consultations at all levels of the party towards finding
amicable and workable solutions to the dispute and
to deepen zonal action on the matter by engaging
other zones towards repositioning the PDP as viable
and active opposition platform for the overall
development and progress of democracy”.
Some committees were set up towards actualization
of all resolution reached which includes Central
Working Committee, Contact and Mobilization as well
as Strategy Committee.

The concerned group, according to the communique,
also agreed to carry out the outlined responsibilities
with a view to repositioning the party.
The communique was read by Aminu Dagashi and
signed by the former Governor of Adamawa state,
Boni Haruna.
Those in attendance include former Taraba state
deputy governor, Umar Garba; former Bauchi state
deputy governor, Amini Gagash, and former Women
Affairs Minister, Hajia Zainab Maina.
Others are Senator Grace Ben, Senator Abdull Ningi,
Professor Ahmed Rufai, Abdlmalik Mahmoud,
Barrister Ibrahim Jalo, Arc Bunu Sherif, among
others.

-Today