A group of concerned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in the North East region has called on Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to withdraw all pending litigation and embrace the National Caretaker Committee to pave way for new leadership.
The group comprises Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe and Taraba states.
A communiqué, issued at the end of their meeting in Bauchi, stated that the lingering crisis in the party that led to various litigation at different courts across the nation without any immediate solution informed the gathering of the group.
“We have resolved and call on Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to withdraw all pending litigation and recognize the National Caretaker Committee in order to pave the way forward for the party to have an all-inclusive national convention that will usher in new leadership”.
The meeting also resolved to “strengthen consultations at all levels of the party towards finding amicable and workable solutions to the dispute and to deepen zonal action on the matter by engaging other zones towards repositioning the PDP as viable and active opposition platform for the overall development and progress of democracy”.
Some committees were set up towards actualization of all resolution reached which includes Central Working Committee, Contact and Mobilization as well as Strategy Committee.
The concerned group, according to the communique, also agreed to carry out the outlined responsibilities with a view to repositioning the party.
The communique was read by Aminu Dagashi and signed by the former Governor of Adamawa state, Boni Haruna.
Those in attendance include former Taraba state deputy governor, Umar Garba; former Bauchi state deputy governor, Amini Gagash, and former Women Affairs Minister, Hajia Zainab Maina.
Others are Senator Grace Ben, Senator Abdull Ningi, Professor Ahmed Rufai, Abdlmalik Mahmoud, Barrister Ibrahim Jalo, Arc Bunu Sherif, among others.
