Lamido, Nyako, others boycott PDP meeting as NWC members resign The party’s top executives are meeting behind closed doors. A meeting of the People’s Democratic Party top decision-making organ, the National Executive Committee, finally kicked off Thursday afternoon after repeated rescheduling, but with seven governors boycotting the event. Governors Sule Lamido of Jigawa state and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state-known critics of the President Goodluck Jonathan- are not attending the meeting; as well as some of the president’s supporters-Governors Gabriel Suswam of Benue, Martins Elechi of Ebonyi, Sullivan Chime of Enugu and Ibrahim Shema of Katsina states. Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, is also absent, understandably, since the governor is on suspension. Messrs Lamido and Shema were represented by their deputies. The meeting kicked off at about 2.03 pm after the president and Vice president Namadi Sambo arrived. The NEC meeting, delayed for more than a year, is expected to feature intrigues amid concerns several governors may move against the national chairman, Bamanga Tukur, with a vote of no confidence. Mr. Tukur’s concerns for his job is said to have partly informed the party’s refusal to schedule the NEC meeting for several months. Details to follow….
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:49:42 +0000