The National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday met with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan behind closed doors to discuss the political future of the party.
Although details of the meeting are still sketchy, we can confirm that it may not be unconnected to the party’s plan for the 2023 election
Alongside key PDP leaders, Saraki stormed President Jonathan’s residence at Maitama, Abuja, around 1:00 pm.
Former governors of Katsina, Gombe, and Cross Rivers states; Ibrahim Shema, Ibrahim Dankwambo, and Liyel Imoke, are among those in attendance.
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Others at the closed-door meeting include former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim; and erstwhile House of Representatives leader, Hon. Mulikat Adeola-Akande.
Saraki’s committee was inaugurated months after the PDP lost the presidential election to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2019.
Among its objectives is reconciling aggrieved members who have left the party and as well wooing new members to the party ahead of the next general election.
Although the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted the claim that it is planning to make the former president its candidate in 2023, reports on such plans have been flying around.
Some of Jonathan’s allies, especially in Bayelsa, where he hails from, have been pushing him for the 2023 election.
Jonathan’s kinsman from Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and pro-democracy advocate, Comrade Wisdom Ikuli, told reporters last week that the former president is very eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election and that most Nigerians are yearning for his return.
The Saraki led reconciliation committee has however promised to speak to Nigerians at the appropriate time.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
