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Former President Goodluck Jonathan. Ex- military President Ibrahim
Badamasi Babangida and former National Security Adviser, NSA
who also served as Jonathan’s Minister of Defence, General Aliyu
Gusau were the principal leaders who facilitated the reconciliation
moves
.
to unite the Ali Modu Sherif and Ahmed Makarfi factions of
Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP
Based on the promptings of the ex-leaders, Sheriff reached out to
Makarfi, one of aides to the hitherto embattled leaders said .
A meeting was held between the two factional leaders Tuesday in
Abuja and they resolved to constitute a committee of all
stakeholders to ensure a broader reconciliation within the party,
Newsdiaryonline was told.

It was after their meeting that Senator Ben Obi announced that the Sheriff and Makarfi factions have agreed to issue a joint
statement
Obi who was flanked by Dr. Cairo Ojuigho of the Sheriff faction said “We have decided to issue a joint statement. As we speak
today, the PDP is back as one family.
He said further that “The two leaders will address you gentlemen of the press, will constitute a joint committee with the support
of all relevant organs of the party.”
Newsdiaryonline learnt that IBB, Jonathan and Gusau among others who facilitated the reconciliation effort have a bigger
picture in mind.
The main goal is to unite the party and bring all the aggrieved PDP members including serving governors and ex-governors as
well as lawmakers who left the party because of past grievances. The target appears to be 2019.
It was further learnt one of the former leaders who facilitated the reconciliation moves told his colleagues that the best option
to ensure the realization of the bigger picture was to encourage Makarfi and Sheriff to unite. He reasoned that though the law
may appear to favour Sheriff in his claim to PDP national chairmanship, majority of the PDP stakeholders were behind Makarfi
; so the best was forward was to get them to work together in the interest of the party.
When Makarfi and Sheriff met Tuesday, they resolved to purge themselves of any personal interest and work for true
reconciliation and the return of all the aggrieved PDP members including those who had earlier quitted the party.
An insider insisted Tuesday that these meetings help a great deal in smoothening the road to reconciliation within PDP

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All we need is a credible candidate for 2019...

Lets hope it last

A tangible opposition with great minds is all we need to sustain our young democracy.

I see haters spying this page, Certified True Copies of Zombies

I knew once the elders in the party intervened the crisis would be settled. They had allowed much damage to take place when they chose to sit on the fence. But thankfully the damage can be undone. Sheriff and Makarfi should put the necessary machinery in motion that will lead to a national convention. PDP needs a substantive National Chairman and other executive members. It is time the party put the intra-party strive behind it and played its role as an effective opposition party.

Ok

Some people will not be happy reading this. I dont know why i am not happy.

It's same-same. Nothing will change even if Markafi enters Sheriff's body and become one body. PDP has lost the much needed vibrancy of an opposition party, leaving APC to be a sleeping party in government. Both are parties without clear cut visions

bejeiodus:
I knew once the elders in the party intervened the crisis would be settled. They had allowed much damage to take place when they chose to sit on the fence. But thankfully the damage can be undone. Sheriff and Makarfi should put the necessary machinery in motion that will lead to a national convention. PDP needs a substantive National Chairman and other executive members. It is time the party put the intra-party strive behind it and played its role as an effective opposition party.

Funny dude

Where are the elders same people that milked the

country dry?


That's why the supporters too are corruption embedded

sarrki:
Funny dude

Where are the elders same people that milked the

country dry?


That's why the supporters too are corruption embedded

Some of these elders are now sitting on the high table in the APC. As long as freedom of association remains a cardinal principle of our constitution, a party will have within its fold the good, the bad and the ugly. By the way, not all supporters of the PDP are corrupt. We all have varied reasons for supporting the party. I support the party because it is the only party that accommodates the interests of all.

The difference between PDP and APC is that the former is all inclusive while the later isn't.

bejeiodus:
Some of these elders are now sitting on the high table in the APC. As long as freedom of association remains a cardinal principle of our constitution, a party will have within its fold the good, the bad and the ugly. By the way, not all supporters of the PDP are corrupt. We all have varied reasons for supporting the party. I support the party because it is the only party that accommodates the interests of all.

I need a medal, pls help me with gold medal, this is the best speech of the day. A cool reply to the CTC of zombie

bejeiodus:
Some of these elders are now sitting on the high table in the APC. As long as freedom of association remains a cardinal principle of our constitution, a party will have within its fold the good, the bad and the ugly. By the way, not all supporters of the PDP are corrupt. We all have varied reasons for supporting the party. I support the party because it is the only party that accommodates the interests of all.

interest of all and it was kicked out of power by Majority of Nigerians. Please define 'all'.

When is Jonathan and Ibb going to reconcile our money with us now abi waiting now !!