Still On PDP Crisis: Jonathan, G-7 Governors Battle Is Still On

All is set for a make or mar meeting today between President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved G-7 governors and leaders of the Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Baraje said today’s meeting will be the end of any further discussions with the president if he did not respond positively to the demands of the faction.

There were signs of likely deadlock yesterday following a disclosure by a presidential aide that Jonathan is going to insist on his constitutional right to seek re-election in 2015.

One of the key strategists of the president said Jonathan will not waive his right to contest in spite of threats from the aggrieved governors in Baraje’s faction.

To end the crisis in PDP, the G-7 and Baraje faction had tabled five demands before Jonathan and a seven-man peace panel headed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The conditions are as follows:

• The sack of National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.

• Return of party structure to governors in Adamawa, Rivers, Kano, and other states

• Sticking to one -term tenure by the president by foregoing re-election in 2015

• Resolution of NGF and Rivers crises, including the lifting of suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi

• Stopping the harassment of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

In an exclusive chat with our correspondent yesterday, Baraje said only two of the demands were partially addressed on Monday.

NigerianEye