The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party has dissociated itself from a report of its reconciliation committee, saying it has not been adopted.
The leaked report obtained by Saturday PUNCH on Friday was signed by the six-man panel inaugurated last week to broker peace between the two factions of the party ahead of the national elective convention, which begins today in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Conflicting court orders are fuelling divisions within the ranks of the PDP, leading to two factions led by Abdulrahman Mohammed (Acting National Chairman) and Umar Damagum, the National Chairman of the party, respectively.
While the Damagum-led National Working Committee enjoys the backing of the PDP Governors’ Forum, the Abdulrahman-led group relies heavily on the support of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike.
With both sides taking opposing stands on the convention, the BoT last week constituted a panel chaired by Ambassador Hassan Adamu to bring the warring parties to a negotiating table.
On Friday, the report of the committee, advising the party to suspend the convention and set up a caretaker committee, leaked; a development that obviously embarrassed the Adolphus Wabara-led BoT.
In a statement issued by Wabara on Saturday, the committee, while not denying the factuality of the report, said it has not been adopted and therefore does not represent its position.
