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Nigeria's main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party has broken into factions, PUNCH gathered.
Already, 12 of its former governors and no fewer than 14 former ministers are leading a breakaway group, which is labelled, Concerned PDP Stakeholders Steering Committee.
The 57-man committee, named in Abuja on Saturday, is expected to take over the running of the party from May 21, when the tenure of the current members of the National Working Committee of the party comes to end.
Already, the NWC members led by the party’s National Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, are planning for the national convention scheduled to take place in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
The party is expected to elect new national officers at the convention.
The new Breakaway group include:
Former governors...
Lucky Igbinedion (Edo),
Bonnie Haruna (Adamawa),
Ibrahim Shema (Katsina),
Donald Duke (Cross River),
Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto),
Mahmood Shinkafi (Zamfara),
Abdulkaldir Kure (Niger),
Mohammed Makarfi (Kaduna),
Achike Udenwa (Imo),
Babangida Aliyu (Niger)
Okwesilieze Nwodo (Anambra) and
Gbenga Daniel (Ogun).
Former Ministers under PDP Led government:
Prof. Tunde Adeniran (Education),
Inna Ciroma (Women Affairs),
Adamu Maina Waziri (Police Affairs),
Prof.Jerry Gana (Information),
Dr. Abubakar Suleiman (National Planning),
Tanimu Turaki (Special Duties),
Ishola Sarafa (Solid Minirals),
Zainab Maina (Women Affairs),
Joseph Anenin (Women Affairs),
Ojo Maduekwe (Transportation),
Prof. ABC Nwosu (Health),
Dubem Onyia (Foreign Affairs),
Bala Mohammed (FCT) and
John Odey (Environment).
Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson, told PUNCH on Saturday in Abuja, that the group would elect its officers next week.
He also said that the time and period of its inauguration would be determined during the week.
PUNCH
Already, 12 of its former governors and no fewer than 14 former ministers are leading a breakaway group, which is labelled, Concerned PDP Stakeholders Steering Committee.
The 57-man committee, named in Abuja on Saturday, is expected to take over the running of the party from May 21, when the tenure of the current members of the National Working Committee of the party comes to end.
Already, the NWC members led by the party’s National Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, are planning for the national convention scheduled to take place in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
The party is expected to elect new national officers at the convention.
The new Breakaway group include:
Former governors...
Lucky Igbinedion (Edo),
Bonnie Haruna (Adamawa),
Ibrahim Shema (Katsina),
Donald Duke (Cross River),
Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto),
Mahmood Shinkafi (Zamfara),
Abdulkaldir Kure (Niger),
Mohammed Makarfi (Kaduna),
Achike Udenwa (Imo),
Babangida Aliyu (Niger)
Okwesilieze Nwodo (Anambra) and
Gbenga Daniel (Ogun).
Former Ministers under PDP Led government:
Prof. Tunde Adeniran (Education),
Inna Ciroma (Women Affairs),
Adamu Maina Waziri (Police Affairs),
Prof.Jerry Gana (Information),
Dr. Abubakar Suleiman (National Planning),
Tanimu Turaki (Special Duties),
Ishola Sarafa (Solid Minirals),
Zainab Maina (Women Affairs),
Joseph Anenin (Women Affairs),
Ojo Maduekwe (Transportation),
Prof. ABC Nwosu (Health),
Dubem Onyia (Foreign Affairs),
Bala Mohammed (FCT) and
John Odey (Environment).
Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson, told PUNCH on Saturday in Abuja, that the group would elect its officers next week.
He also said that the time and period of its inauguration would be determined during the week.
PUNCH