Board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a panel to resolve the dispute concerning the party’s national secretary position.
Gatekeepers News reports that the BoT announced the constitution of the panel in a communique issued at the end of its meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday.
Kabiru Turaki, the former minister of special duties, will chair the panel.
The panel is expected to interface between Sunday Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu, both chieftains of the PDP, who are laying claims to the position of the party’s secretary seat.
Adolphus Wabara, chairman of the BoT, who read the communique, said members “expressed serious concerns over the unresolved challenges facing the party” and the disagreements within the national working committee (NWC).
“The BoT calls on the members of the NWC, all organs, leaders, and critical stakeholders of our party across the board to rise above personal, group, or sectional interests and place the stability, unity, sustenance, and progress of our party and its ideals above all other considerations,” Wabara said.
“In the effort to resolve the current crisis over the position of the national secretary of the party, which is presently before the courts, the BoT set up a committee led by barrister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to interface with the parties, study the situation, and report to the Board for further action.”
