Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has called on Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national caretaker committee, to pursue a “genuine reconciliation”.
He also called on Ali Modu Sheriff, former chairman of the party, to support the party’s caretaker committee.
The governor, who is also the chairman of the national reconciliation committee of the PDP, said the apex court judgement produced “no victor, no vanquished”.
Dickson said the PDP must put its house in order to effectively play its role as the leading opposition party in Nigeria.
“I call on Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and his supporters and all contending parties in our great party, PDP to respect the verdict of the supreme court as the final arbiter,” he said in a statement issued on his behalf by Francis Agbo, his media aide.
”I urge all contending parties in the PDP to embrace peace and genuine reconciliation and support the Senator Ahmed Makarfi –led caretaker committee of our party with a view to organising an all- inclusive national unity convention.
“Without such support, genuine reconciliation cannot take place; without such support, the caretaker committee will have a herculean task organising an acceptable convention, without genuine reconciliation, the party cannot move forward.”
Dickson said the prolonged leadership crisis was unnecessary. “I believe that PDP leaders have learnt their lessons and I hope measures will be put in place to forestall re-occurrence of the needles crisis and litigations!”