
A group known as Peoples Democratic Party
Northern Elders, has called on the National Chairman
of the party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff and other
members of the party’s National Working Committee
to vacate office on May 21.
It also called for the postponement of the party’s
national convention slated for that date in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State.
The group led by a former Minister of Information,
Prof. Jerry Gana, which met in Abuja late Wednesday
night, said the postponement was necessary in order
to carry our reconciliation among aggrieved
members.
PDP Leaders led by a former Niger State governor,
Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu had earlier called for the
postponement of the convention due to observed
flaws in the ongoing congresses across the states.
The Gana group decried what it called the level of
impunity and imposition in PDP, noting that for the
party to return to the vision of its original founders it
must purge itself of these vices.
The North Elders Forum also picked holes in the
proposed constitutional amendment, noting that it
violated the PDP constitution.
The PDP National Executive Committee is meeting
next Wednesday to debate on the proposed
constitutional amendment.
Sheriff had proposed various amendment into the
party’s constitution, including a clause into the
activities of the Board of Trustees of the party which
forbid its members from meeting without the
knowledge of e national chairman.
Some members of the Forum who attended the
meeting were former Deputy President of the
Senate, Senate Ibrahim Mantu; a former Minister of
Police Affairs, Alhaji Waziri Maina; former governor
Aliyu; a former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak
among others.
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