ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee chairman, Ahmed Makarfi, formally took over the leadership of the party on Tuesday.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) and the outgone National Executive Committee (NEC) handed over power to him at the party’s Wadata national secretariat in Abuja.
Uche Secondus, a former Deputy National Chairman while speaking at the handing over assured stakeholders that the party is now one and strong.
He spoke further, “On behalf of members of the former National Working Committee of the PDP, I am here to handover to the Caretaker Committee Chairman.
“We are ready to work with you. We are ready to cooperate with you,” calling on stakeholders at all levels to rebuild the party at the grassroots.
Also speaking, the chairman of BoT, Walid Jibri, enjoined members of the party to cooperate with the Makarfi-led Interim Caretaker Committee to enable it deliver on its mandate.
On his part, the caretaker chairman, Mr. Makarfi, promised to stick to the mandate given to his committee.
