Ahead the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries nationwide, an interface meeting between the national leader of the party, and President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan involving all the aspirants of the PDP seeking to carry the party’s governorship ticket in 2015 election is expected to hold in Abuja before the end of this week.
The meeting, according to top party sources in Owerri and Abuja, is expected to hold in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, where it was learnt that crucial matters concerning how to reclaim Government House, Owerri, will be discussed.
Trumpeta learnt that the meeting became necessary in view of discordant tunes and disagreements that have been trailing the conduct of the ward congresses to elect the three-man ad-hoc delegates for all party primaries except the presidency with National Delegates from each of the 27 LGAs in the state. Apart from protest letters, some of the aspirants for various offices, especially the governorship mounted pressure on PDP leadership and Presidency for cancellation of the Nov 1 delegates election.
Apparently worried by the unabated war of attrition in PDP ranks, the Presidency is said to be have stepped in to act as the “last bust stop” for the peaceful resolution of the matter.
Though, Trumpeta has not obtained official reasons for the meeting believed to be an internal matter of the party, but grapevine sources indicate that President Jonathan may have been disturbed by developments in Imo PDP to intervene. This newspaper further gathered that apart from instituting peaceful initiatives to guarantee harmony, a guarantee that losers in the governorship primaries will be properly accommodated in the scheme of things at both national and state levels may be considered.
The highlight of the meeting, Trumpeta was told may also centre on each of the aspirant signing an undertaking to not only accept the result of the primaries but also work for the restoration of the PDP in the Government House of the state.
According to the sources, the meeting to be graced by PDP national officers will also act as a face-mending forum to avoid sabotage and implosion ahead 2015 election.
No party official at the state level was willing to speak on the matter except one who pleaded anonymity. According to the stakeholder who spoke with our correspondent at the party secretariat yesterday “yes, we have heard about the meeting but full details have not been made public yet. But you know that there is little disagreement that could be the reason why the President is asking them to come for a meeting”, he added.
