FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN IN PDP AS TOP LEADERS FORM FACTIONAL PARTY

Things took an ugly turn today in PDP formed 15 years ago  when top leaders of the party walked out on President Goodluck Jonathan at the party’s Special National Convention to form what has been christened New PDP.
Those who left the convention venue to form a factional PDP were a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seven governors, three ex-governors and scores of Senators and members of the House of Representatives.

The aggrieved leaders addressed a crowded press briefing at about 4pm at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua where they sacked the Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee of the party.
A former acting National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje was appointed the new National Chairman of the party.
The sacked National Secretary of PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola was reinstated as the party’s scribe.
Sam Jaja was also returned as the Deputy National Chairman of the party.




Other members of the new National Working Committee would be announced on Monday.

Those at the session were Atiku, Governors Sule Lamido; Rabiu Kwankwaso; Abdulafatai Ahmed; Babangida Aliyu; Aliyu Wammako; Murtala Nyako; and Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.
Others were the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mukhtar Shagari; the Deputy Governor of Niger State, Musa Ibeto; the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari; ex-Governor Abdullahi Adamu ( who was a former Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the PDP); ex-Governor Mohammed Sha’aba Lafiagi; ex-Governor Olagunsoye.