Tension as PDP governors prepare to dump party ahead of 2019
Tension as PDP governors prepare to dump party ahead of 2019 - Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have concluded plans to dump the party - The governors are mulling the idea of floating a new political party - Talks are still ongoing on the governors’ idea A report by New Telegraph indicates that governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are mulling the idea of floating a new party. All serving PDP governors are loyal to the Makarfi faction This is irrespective of the outcome of the appeal filed by the Ahmed Makarfi-led national caretaker committee, before the Supreme Court. The caretaker committee had, last week, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt division, which reinstated Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman. All the PDP governors loyal to the Makarfi faction and have stayed on course in the leadership crisis that has factionalised the party since the May 21, 2...