Thursday 28th Oct.2021:The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Walid Jibril, on Wednesday, asked suspended Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus not to make the party ungovernable.
Jibril, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, said the decision of the party was supreme, and as such, the national convention would hold on the appointed dates.
He claimed that it would be wrong for Secondus, being a founding member of the PDP, to make the party ungovernable.
The BoT chairman added, “Secondus is a member of the BoT; he attained the position of the national chairman of this party. He has seen many things and helped to build the party.
“I don’t see why Secondus should go to this extent or try to ensure that the party goes a different way completely. Secondus should have taken whatever happened simply, being a founding member of the party. He should play the role he has been playing.”
Jibril while reacting to the claim that governors wield a huge influence in the zoning of the party’s presidential ticket, said the PDP had structures.
He added that the governors had the right to make recommendations, but the decision on zoning rested on the National Executive Council of the party.
He insisted that the convention would hold on Saturday and Sunday.
Reports from within the party claim that several chieftains of the party had already begun arriving in Abuja ahead of the convention and it would be unfair to have the event cancelled.
“We are still pleading with Secondus. It is not too late for him to do the right thing and withdraw the case from court. We are all ready to sheathe our swords. He will become an outcast within the party if he continues on this path,” a member of the Board of Trustees said.
