The civil war in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is likely to escalate, with aggrieved governors giving four conditions for peace.

They tabled the conditions at a meeting on Sunday night with President Goodluck Jonathan, 16 governors, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of a faction of the party, Chief Tony Anenih.

The conditions are that:

•factional National Chairman Bamanga Tukur should be sacked;

•President Jonathan should do one term only and forget re-election in 2015;

•the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Rivers State crises should be resolved; and

•”harassment” of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be stopped.

Attempts were made to narrow the conditions to two but no progress was made, The Nation learnt.

The two factions only succeeded in setting agenda for resumption of talks today.

But the National Secretary of the Atiku-Governors faction of the PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, said yesterday that despite the intervention by Jonathan, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and other party leaders, members of the New PDP would not abandon their struggle.

Oyinlola, who issued a statement in Abuja, said the faction would not disappoint members in the mission to make the PDP work again in the interest of Nigeria and its people.

Sources said that Sunday’s meeting was a no-holds-barred type, with Jonathan feeling overwhelmed.

It was gathered that the seven governors, who were represented by four of their colleagues, complained lack of internal democracy in the party and “repression” by the Presidency.

“The governors demanded the removal of the factional National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to have genuine reconciliation in the party, a source said, adding: “They also asked the President to stick to the agreement he purportedly had with party leaders to spend one term in office. They urged Jonathan to come out openly on his rumoured re-election bid in 2015.

They listed the crises in the NGF and Rivers State and promotion of parallel party structure in some PDP states as their grouses.

jaiykem: Nigerians shld watch it. seem like a coup. they're using new pdp as d engine 4 what will benefit only their selfish desires and not d masses . GEJ has d right 2 recontest.

Longeria: Bunch of fools, they should add the fifth one, don't sleep with your wife. It's painful to realize that Amaechi and co who are desperate to stop the president getting second term are all in thier second term as governors.
HYPOCRITES.
I want Jonathan to know that the worst defeat never come from battle fought and lost, but from the one never fought because of cowardice. Go ahead and contest, let nigerians decide.

alaoeri: The end is near for PDP, baba God abeg set more confusion amidst them.

Obiagelli: SOMEONE SHOULD REMIND ME IF JONATHAN HAS MET ASUU. #priorities Nigeria don suffer.

joseph1832:
Believe me you GEJ and the whole political elite are not bothered about ASUU or whatever problems Nigeria has, all the care about is the seizing of political power by hook or by crook.

joseph1832:
Believe me you GEJ and the whole political elite are not bothered about ASUU or whatever problems Nigeria has, all the care about is the seizing of political power by hook or by crook.

Remembering what kwame Nkruma said "seek ye first the political kingdom and all other things shall follow". This is the modus operandi of the Nigerian political elite!.

AnodaIT:
The tension in the polity is created by people who know they cant win any election through voting. GEJ has reeatedly said that 2015 should be push aside till 2014 so that he can concentrate on the transformation agenda.
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What is making the governors to be afraid of EFCC, if you did nothing wrong, you dont need a presidential fiat to keep the EFCC from you.
You call a National Leader recognized by the INEC a factional leader? Dreams.
Why cant this people keep the election till 2014 when campaign begins so that the President can focus on ASUU,Boko Haram, and other pressing matters. This way if he can not handle or resolved them then we judge him by that and throw him out of office

"harassment" of governors by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be stopped.

”harassment” of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be stopped.

•factional National Chairman Bamanga Tukur should be sacked;

•President Jonathan should do one term only and forget re-election in 2015;

•the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Rivers State crises should be resolved; and

•”harassment” of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be stopped.

Longeria: Bunch of fools, they should add the fifth one, don't sleep with your wife. It's painful to realize that Amaechi and co who are desperate to stop the president getting second term are all in thier second term as governors.
HYPOCRITES.
I want Jonathan to know that the worst defeat never come from battle fought and lost, but from the one never fought because of cowardice. Go ahead and contest, let nigerians decide.

Afam4eva: They have only one condition and that is, that Jonathan does not re-contest in 2015. The other conditions are just smoke screens.