•Babangida, Ali also at Villa

President Goodluck Jonathan was meeting last night with some of the aggrieved governors in a bid to end the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crises.

The meeting was ongoing at the First Lady’s conference room in the State House as at 10:30pm.

Reporters were barred from the venue of the meeting, but it was gathered that Governors Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) were at the meeting.

It could not be confirmed whether Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi was there, but a source said Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso could not attend because they were abroad on official assignments.

The aggrieved governors on August 31 broke away to form the “New PDP” under the chairmanship of Kawu Baraje.

Reporters monitored the movement of the governors’ vehicles from a distance of about 600 metres.

Earlier in the day as part of the peace efforts, some elders of the party, including former Military President Ibrahim Babangida and former PDP Chairman Ahmadu Ali met yesterday with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.

Other party leaders at the meeting could not be ascertained as at press time.

The PDP faction led by Kawu Baraje emerged on August 31 when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and seven governors announced the splinter group after storming out of the mini-convention in Abuja.

It could not be confirmed yesterday whether former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is the arrow head of the reconciliation move, attended the meeting held at House 7 in the State House.

Reporters were eaqually barred from the venue of that meeting, which lasted for about one hour. They were also not briefed on the outcome. Besides, no statement was issued.

The meeting was, however, said to be a preparatoryto last night’s meeting.

Some governors were seen at the Presidential Villa before the meeting. They include Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue).

mannobi: So oga jona now knows his house is on fire. I tot they (old pdp) are all powerful. Abeg we need a change, enough of FDF, IBB,JONATAN,OBJ,ETC

Shine It: So many meetings though at the end what Nigerians want is GEJ in Aso rock in 2019.
The north had 35yrs and nothing to show for it.


NO SURRENDER

YusufG: I pity Nigerans,this is the 63rd day of ASUU strike if I'm right.Gej isn't worried about it,but anything about PDP,they want to resolve it asap

ayusco85:

A̶̲̥̅♏ sick and tired of this ignorant nigerians from the south, East, and south south always accusing the north of spending over 35yrs in power. The military regime is not counted as an official tenure of democratic rule. What happened durin the military era got wiped and reset when nigeria embraced democracy. So pls start counting from 1999. *dumb nitwits*

ayusco85:

A̶̲̥̅♏ sick and tired of this ignorant nigerians from the south, East, and south south always accusing the north of spending over 35yrs in power. The military regime is not counted as an official tenure of democratic rule. What happened durin the military era got wiped and reset when nigeria embraced democracy. So pls start counting from 1999. *dumb nitwits*

PEStyOFlife: Did I just saw lamido when did he become a politician I thought he was the central bank governor