Dickson, Alamieyeseigha Ordered Out of
Jonathan’s Meeting With PDP Board of
Trustees.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday held an
emergency meeting at the country home of former President Goodluck Jonathan in
Otuoke, Bayelsa State. The basis of the
meeting was to cool off the heat of crisis
rocking the state chapter of the party.
however, at the meeting, Bayelsa state
governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, and former governor,
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha were ordered out of
the venue by the party leadership.
In the meeting held necessarily to look into
the recommendations of the National Peace
Committee for the state, the acting Chairman of the party’s BoT, Dr. Bello Haliru
Mohammed, called on all feuding members
and stakeholders of the party in the state to
close ranks, while also upturning the
decision of the state chapter of the party to
expel some prominent members from the party.
President Jonathan was said to been
scandalized by the action of the party at the
state level,
adding that the party cannot afford a major
crisis less than five months to the governorship
election. Some uninvited prominent persons,
including those who had already defected to
the All
Progressives Congress (APC), were walked
out of the venue. The attendance, it was gathered that
attendance was strictly on membership of
the board and on invitation. Those in
attendance at the meeting included the BoT
acting
Chairman, Bello; the Secretary of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibril; the former Governor of
Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Egwu; Dr. Cairo
Ojuogboh and Senator Stella Omu. A
statement by the state
Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Godspower Keku,
yesterday, confirmed the reconciliation of the party’s leadership by the BoT and that the
decision to revoke the suspensions and
expulsions, was taken on the request of
Dickson, who is the leader of the party in the
state.
“The party welcomed the pardoned members and enjoin the party at all levels to involve
them in all activities of the party, giving them
second chance to prove their loyalty.
All members of the party are enjoined to re-
double their efforts towards ensuring victory
for the party in the forthcoming governorship poll.”
“The meeting, which was convened at the
instance of President Jonathan also resolved
to rescind the
suspensions and expulsions placed on some
members of the party, who have, despite the internal squabbles within its rank and file,
remained in the PDP, unlike those, who
defected
to the opposition,” the statement added.
Keku, explained that the decision was taken
in the best interest of the party, especially with a crucial election around the corner.

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Hmmm. This is serious trouble in the wailing wailers camp. God help them survive this avalanche , imagine GEJ sending out an executive governor of a state!!!