Internal crisis: PDP appoints Oyinlola to head 25-member reconciliation committee
CHIGOZIE AMADI
The Peoples Democratic Party has appointed former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as the chairman of the 25-member National Reconciliation Committee.
Former Gombe State governor, Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo, has been appointed as the secretary of the committee.
The PDP has been grappling with internal discord since last year’s general elections, where they were defeated by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
In a statement issued on Friday by National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP announced that the inauguration of the newly formed reconciliation committee will take place at a later date.
Ologunagba explained that the National Working Committee took this action after receiving approval from the National Executive Committee for the PDP NEC’s constitution.
The statement also noted that Chief Anicho Okoro has been appointed as the committee’s Administrative Secretary.
Other members of the committee include Chibudom Nwuche, Alhaji Bello Tafidan Gusau, Senator Ben Ndi Obi, Senator Tunde Ogbeha, Senator Shuaibu Isa Lau, Dr. Esther Uduehi, Senator Zainab Kure, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, Alhaja Mutia Olayinka Ladoja, Dr. Abimbola Ogunkelu, and Ude Oko-Chukwu.
Also included are Dr. Boyelayefa Debekem, Chief Emmanuel Ogidi, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, Chief Dan Ulasi, Abdulsamad Dasuki, Segun Showunmi, Amina B.B. Faruk, Alhaji Hamza Akuyan Koshe, Mike Ikoku, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, and Bisi Fakayode.
The statement read in part, “The committee will be inaugurated on a date to be communicated in due course.
“The NWC charges all leaders, critical stakeholders, and teeming members of the PDP to remain focused and committed to the vision, principles, and aspirations of our great party in the overall interest of the growth, development, and stability of the PDP and the nation.”
