by Adeola Balogun

An end might finally be in sight to the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as President Jonathan will reportedly meet with the 7 aggrieved governors today in an attempt to address their grievances.

This comes after announcements of optimism on the part of rival party All Progressives Congress (APC) that it expects to welcome the members of the new faction of the PDP into its fold.

The meeting is reportedly scheduled to hold at the Presidential Villa but the intricate details are not known at this time.

Leadership Newspaper  reports:

On their proposed meeting with the president today, prominent “New PDP” member Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State said: “The onus is on Mr. President, once he calls us, we will go and meet him”.

But today’s meeting between the president and the G-7 governors, LEADERSHIP learnt, was convened by President Jonathan at the insistence of former president Olusegun Obasanjo in what could be regarded as a move to stop the governors from defecting to the APC.

 According to a top presidency official who confirmed the meeting on condition of anonymity, the former president had contacted Jonathan on the need to quickly call a meeting in order to allay the fears of the governors who have been up in arms against him and the national chairman of the PDP, Bamanga Tukur.

He said: “Yes it is true, if you heard that he (Jonathan) would meet the governors tomorrow (today). They have to meet to iron out whatever differences once and for all, especially as the public is meant to believe that they are on their way to the APC.

“We know, for sure, that none of the governors has the real intention of going to the APC because they all know the implication of such move.

‘They know, for sure, that once they leave PDP and join the APC, they will be rendered irrelevant. You can see that in some states, there are already musings and grumblings going on, but it does not mean that, at least, a last chance would not be created for all parties to express their views on the crisis”, he said.

On the possible concessions likely to be made at today’s meeting, the source said some were likely but he was unspecific except on one.

“A few (concessions) have to be made on both sides. For a start, Mr. President, as a democrat, has already ordered the immediate reinstatement of Oyinlola following the court of appeal verdict; this could not happened previously”, he said.