ABUJA – The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday announced that it has taken over the leadership of the party.
Senator Walid Jibrin, chairman of the BoT announced this at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
He told the staffs who were allowed into the secretariat, nine days after it was sealed off by the police that the decision of the BoT to take over was sequel to the court case against the recently constituted Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee.
Senator Jibrin said the BoT would be in charge pending the resolution of the leadership crisis rocking the party, expressing optimism that it would be resolved sooner than expected.
According to him, “The BoT remains the only legal body now in the whole set up and that is why we are here to play our role.
“We, the BoT are entrusted under the constitution of our party to be in charge of the assets and liability of PDP.
“We are putting our heads together with our lawyers. We are rest assured that everything would be in order very soon, with the reconciliation that is going on which will not last long.’’
He told the staff, “We are not here to take over the secretariat. We are here to perform our duties as enshrined in the constitution, hoping that our problems will be resolved soon.
“We, the BoT have taken it upon ourselves to ensure we play a great role in resolving the problems, adding “We have gone very far in resolving them. We have made some contacts and consultations.”
The BoT chairman assured that they would do everything possible to resolve the crisis, saying “If it means to go to anybody to solve the problem, we will do so.
“The PDP has come to stay. PDP will never die. PDP will continue to rule. We are going back in 2019 but we can only do that if we cooperate and unite.”
He thanked the security agents for securing the party’s secretariat in the past week.
