By Olusegun Lawrence The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors and other Chieftains of the party Tuesday pledged to support the new National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff.
Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who chairs the PDP Governors’ Forum, disclosed this to newsmen after their meeting in Abuja,
Mimiko said, “I am happy to let you know that all the major organs in the party have agreed to stand by our national chairman, to ensure that our party moves forward.
“They are the Governors’ Forum, National Working Committee, National Assembly Caucus and the Board of Trustees.
“We have put behind us all the controversies in the press in recent times. I want to assure you that we are together as a party”
On the forthcoming national convention of the party, he said “We will brief all our members nationwide within the next two weeks, of the timetable in that direction.
“In the next two weeks, the timetable will be out, all cumulating in our national convention within three months.
“They emanate from the state. The caucus of the party is designed in such a way that every state is represented by the chairman of the party.
“Secondly, all the key organs in the party are also represented in the caucus.”
Mimiko said all former ministers were part of the resolution of the leadership crisis that has engulfed the party since the emergence of Ali Modu Sheriff, a former Governor of Borno state as its national chairman.
In the same vein, the Acting Chairman of PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin, corroborated the decision announced by Governor Mimiko.
