The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the end of its 79th meeting, has appointed a former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to mediate in the current crisis over national secretary of the party.
No time line was given to submit his report, neither were other members of the committee listed.
This was, however, contained in the communique of the BoT, read by its chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara.
The BoT also criticised the management of the Nigeria’s economy by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, blaming it for the declining situation.
Reading the communique, Wabara, said, ”The BoT expresses serious concerns over the unresolved challenges facing the party, especially as related to the disagreements within the National Working Committee (NWC).
”The BoT calls on the members of the NWC, all Organs, leaders and critical stakeholders of our Party across board to rise above personal, group or sectional interests and place the stability, unity, sustenance and progress of our Party and its ideals above all other considerations.
”In the effort to resolve the current crisis over the position of the National Secretary of the party, which is presently before the courts, the BoT set up a committee led by Barr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki SAN to interface with the parties, study the situation and report to the Board for further action.
”The Acting National Chairman assured the BoT that the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will hold as scheduled in scheduled in February 2025 to address all pertinent issues and reaffirm our shared commitment to the unity, discipline, and ideals that bind us together as members of the PDP,” he stated
On the national front, the BoT expressed concerns over the worsening economic and security situation, social dislocation and total sense of hopelessness in the country due to the ill-conceived and ill-implemented polices of the APC administration.
The BoT decried the insensitivity of the APC administration towards Nigerians as evident in the unjustified multiple taxes and failure to stem the increase in the pump price of fuel, electricity tariffs and telecommunication charges with crippling effect on the productive sector and unbearable rise in cost of living in the country.
Meanwhile, fight broke out at the national secretariat of the party over the presence of the two claimants to the office of the national secretary.
The incident happened during the BoT meeting with Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye, in attendance.
After the opening ceremony, an aide to Anyanwu confronted Ude-Okoye and pushed him out of the hall.
His attempt to get back in resulted to fisticuffs with the Board chairman and former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, trying to intervene with little success.
Individuals who were said to have accompanied Ude-Okoye, responded, forcing the gate opened in an attempt to get him back inside the hall.
Those who came with Ude Okoye jumped the PDP fence, But the they were pushed out by a combined team of mobile police men with a detachment of soldiers.
Over five trucks of Policemen were mobilised to the scene with hooded police men
The camera man of the Silverbird television the arise television reporter, Mary China were forced to delete their recordings