Jibrin, party elders call for withdrawal of court cases, insist on National Convention

Irked by the deepening crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), led by its Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin and other elders of the Party have asked all the warring factions to withdraw all court cases in order to allow genuine reconciliation and a successful National Convention, which they said will come up soon.

The Party leaders lamented over the contradictory rulings of the Federal High Courts over the cases filed by the different factions of PDP, urging members not to allowed the Judiciary to be used to destroy the Party, when all hands must be on deck to ensure that the party is fortified to capture power in 2019 and salvage Nigeria.

Senator Jibrin who addressed a Press Conference in Kaduna yesterday, said: “The party has been following with great concern, the recent happenings in our party which is characterized by various court cases, culminating into different court rulings, especially the recent federal high court ruling in Abuja which has come to us as a shock”.

He called on all PDP members never to be discouraged, pointing out that the party is taking all necessary steps to solve the problem and restore glory and maintain respect in the party.

Jibrin explained that already, there was light in the tunnel that the problem will soon be put to rest. He said: “We are assuring all members that the party is very capable of solving this problem as the party is determined to carry on with its forthcoming national convention very soon. The
national convention as arranged, will by the grace of God take place as planned.

“Based on our constitution and party guidelines, all that is happening today is internal democracy in action which is bound to happen after PDP’s rule for 16 years. Our predicament and challenges are coming from both internal and external sources, which will all come to pass.

“Your Board of Trustees (BoT), the conscience of the party is meeting next week to make an honest x-ray of the situation, after some wider consultations. Thereafter, there will be genuine mediation and reconciliation that will make us come up with agreeable steps that would enable us move forward and maintain unity, with determination to win the forthcoming Edo, Ondo, Rivers re-run and all by-elections and be able to capture power in 2019”.