Efforts to rebuild Nigeria’s former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party took off on a shaky note on Thursday as key the founding fathers of the party shunned a conference billed for the purpose.

Apart from former military president Ibrahim Babangida who had earlier indicated that he will not be part of the conference tagged “PDP Rebranding Conference” having retired from politics, other founding fathers of the party also kept off the conference without any reason.
Founding fathers of PDP who had earlier been publicized as participants in the conference include Chief Samuel Ogbemudia, former governor of the old Bendel State, former Vice President Alex Ekwueme and a former minister of finance, Malam Adamu Ciroma.
Also absent at the Conference were former President Goodluck Jonathan and his former Vice President, Namadi Sambo and former Senate President David Mark.
 
It was gathered that the absence of the party founding fathers was a setback for the conference which was championed by some stakeholders in the party including Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, Senator Ibrahim Mantu and Dr. Haliru Bello Mohammed, the chairman of Board of Trustees, BoT of PDP.
Surprisingly, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State who have set himself up as the alternate spokesperson of the party was also absent at the occasion as well as embattled Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
 Other PDP chieftains from the South west like Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of PDP, former Ministers Musiliu Obanikoro and Adeseye Ogunlewe were also absent from the Conference.
 
However, the bigwigs of the party present at the Conference include Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, former Governor Godswill Akpabio who is also the Senate minority leader, Olusegun Mimiko, the Governor of Ondo State and the Chairman of PDP Governor’s Forum as well as Governor Emmanuel Udom, Ifeanyi Okowa, Darius Ishiaku and Idris Wada of Akwa Ibom, Delta, Taraba and Kogi states respectively.
 
Also present at the conference were former Governor Sule Lamido, former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, former Governor Theodore Orji, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Ibrahim Shekarau, the former Governor of Kano State,  Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State and former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and the incumbent governor of Abia State.    Senators and members of the House of Representatives elected on the party’s platform also came.
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http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/11/pdp-rebrands-on-shaky-note-big-chieftains-in-no-show/

Rebranding cannot be done in 24hours not to talk of less than 10hours.

A house divided against itself can not stand the test of time.Its not easy to be an opposition especially in Nigeria politics.

Absentees

Opposition Spoke Man: Fayose
Our Hero: GeJ
Nyesom Wike
Bode George
Obanikoro
Namadi Sambo

What a funny and immaturity display of some leaders. People that cannot manage their households they wanted to manage Nigeria. Impossibility of the highest order. Indeed common sense is not common!

If they are talking about PDP founding fathers they should be talking about Audu Ogbeh and co, not these hijackers.
They can't even agree in their rebranding moves.

What is a pdp.

TonyeBarcanista:
Rebranding cannot be done in 24hours not to talk of less than 10hours.

Are you saying Rebranding cannot be done in 24hours? Pls tell me another story!

Dannyset:

Are you saying Rebranding cannot be done in 24hours? Pls tell me another story!

Another story