There was a sharp division among governors of PDP at the peace meeting called by President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday night.
The meeting, which lasted till early hours of Monday, however, resolved to continue today.
A source, however, said much of the submissions by the G7 governors bothered on flimsy excuses, adding that if the president should follow that path, he would have nothing to show Nigerians in 2015.
“It appears the aggrieved governors want the president to fail, so they can easily take his job in 2015,” a source said.
Sources close to the meeting, however, told the Nigerian Tribune that a sharp division ensued among governors at the meeting, following the declaration by the Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwakwanso, who spoke on behalf of the G7 governors that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had become a thorn in the flesh of state governors, calling on the president to order the commission to stop probing of governors.
Besides Kwakwanso, Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, also asked the president to put a stop to activities of the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Kwakwanso, the first to speak among the aggrieved governors who, on Saturday, teamed up with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to form the New PDP, said they were angry over four issues.
He said they were being stalked by the EFCC, while the commission was also harassing the son of the governor of Jigawa State, also one of the G7 governors.
He said as PDP governors, they should be protected from EFCC harassment, adding that members of the ruling party should not be so exposed to EFCC probe.
Kwara State governor also told the meeting that he had been facing EFCC probe since he served in the cabinet of Senator Bukola Saraki, adding that there was an atmosphere of fear in the state over activities of the anti-graft agency.
He said as a PDP governor, the government should not only protect him, but also protect his predecessor, who was being investigated by the EFCC.
The claims by the two governors, however, elicited reactions from Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and Gabriel Suswam of Benue.
The trio opposed the request that President Jonathan should put a stop to EFCC activities.
Jang was said to have insisted that EFCC should continue with its job, adding that he was also a victim of the probe by the commission for the first three years of his first term.
He said the fact that the commission was a federal agency did not mean the president should take control of its activities.
Suswam also told the meeting that his government had been severally investigated and that he never attributed the situation to the president.
Akpabio, according to a source, said that the governors should strive to keep clean books, since nobody would be in office for life.
Sources said Kwakwanso, who presented a four-point grouse, also mentioned the issue of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) election, the Adamawa PDP crisis and the Rivers situation as some of the grouse of the aggrieved governors.
He was also quoted as saying that the president should find solution to the crisis rocking Adamawa PDP, as delegates loyal to the governor were stopped from attending the mini convention on Saturday.
Kwankwaso also stressed the need for PDP to discuss party structures, with the president ensuring inclusive government.
According to him, the list of those who were appointed into positions and boards of parastatal agencies in his state, for example, did not emanate from him, adding that those people had been giving him a lot of problems.
“We don’t want to leave PDP, but we want to ensure the right things are done. We need a united NGF and we want the president to intervene and help sort out the crisis,” he was quoted to have said.
The governors, however, insisted that besides the listed grievances, they did not intend to leave the party, adding that their action on Saturday was aimed at driving home their grievances.
A governor at the meeting further confirmed that Jang was angry at the mention of the NGF crisis and that when he was given the floor, he accused his colleague governors of playing a deceitful game.
He told the president that he was drafted into the NGF election by his colleagues who adopted him as a consensus candidate, adding that he was shocked to discover that the same people who drafted him later said they were deceiving him.
He also said the action of the breakaway governors on Saturday was premeditated, adding that they had planned to hold a parallel convention long ago.
According to him, the governors could not just wake up and get the venue decorated within few minutes of their leaving Eagle Square.
He insisted that political leaders must do away with politics of deceit if the PDP must get to the roots of the problem.
A source said President Jonathan, who rounded off the discussions, said the problems enumerated were all human problems, promising that all of the issues would be resolved.
According to a reliable source, the president declared that those within his powers would be resolved by him, while he would readily refer issues of the party to the party leadership for appropriate action.

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Criminals trying to secure a soft landing after their second term.

There's a proverb from my people that a Lizard that strays away from the foot of a tree will soon find itself in the custody of children. All those noise making politicians cannot do without PDP otherwise they know where they'll soon belong- Nigerian political wilderness.

Can any discerning person point out to me which of the listed grouses borders on good governance and dividends to the impoverished masses who unfortunately will continue to be the baseline victims?

GEJ, do not cave in to cheap blackmail. You have nothing to loose. The peculiar path that saw you to Aso rock supreme seat is uniquely spectacular. Clamp down on these fools, 2015 will take care of itself.

I am surprised that the foolish northern governors did not include the outright removal of Odimegwu in their litany of demands. Mtchww.

I need sauce.

GEJ stop pretending that the problem is not about you. It is not about Tukur either. Before having this parley, you should have a strong stick. Parley with the Governors, but focus on hitting very hard on the faction executives. Make sure the so called Chairman is not available to act. Pick a few of the senators too and send a strong message, else you will see more defections if the group keeps showing they have power. If Kwankwaso does not hide that he has problems with you, then stop pretending he does not. Put him in proper check. It is better these crop of people leave the party, and you take in and empower their alternatives, than you keep pandering with them without their making up their minds. They do not want to leave the PDP cause they know they will loose elections if they do. Nobady (the 22 senators will not join them in leaving the PDP either, so this is their best move, next move is your, give them the message to go or fall in line)

No agreement o!
2nd base jor!!!!

1st IBORI!!

2nd SYLVA!!!

3rd AMAECHI!!!

Brother killing brother in the FRATERNITY OF LOOTOCRACY!!!!

Naaaaaah!!! GEJ MUST GOOOOOOOOO !!!!!

The Governors can't and are not ready to leave PDP... They did all that on saturday to press home their displeasures.
The grievances they listed, are not even for a better Nigeria but for personal & selfish interest.

Baba God abeg put more confusion in PDP.