PDP crises: Jonathan awaits new date for peace talks with ‘new PDP’

by ‘Jola Sotubo

Following the postponement of the initial peace talks slated to hold on the 7th of October, President Goodluck Jonathan and his camp are awaiting the communication of a new date by the members of the newly created faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

There might yet be hope for peace ass both parties to the negotiations reportedly seem eager to move forward and pick a new date to discuss a resolution to the crisis that has been rocking the party.

The President is reportedly eager for a new date to be set while the stakeholders of the faction have said that a new date for the commencement of reconciliation talks would soon be picked and communicated to President Jonathan.

The Nation reports:

There were indications last night that the governors have reached out to the President to explain why there was need to shift the date.

The President and the aggrieved governors were initially expected to resume peace talks on October 7. But the governors have called off the meeting because of the ongoing Hajj exercise.

According to findings, some forces in the presidency wanted President Jonathan to damn the consequences of the G-7 governors/Baraje faction.

 The affected forces alleged that the G-7 governors were trying to take the President for granted. It was, however, learnt that the President insisted that he would oblige the aggrieved governors a new date to avoid being drawn into any religious controversy since the excuse given bordered on Hajj exercise.

It was gathered that the President decided to explore all options to give room for the conclusion of the peace talks.

A source in the presidency said: “So far, the President has no plans to foreclose talks with the G-7 governors unless they have decided on their own to do so.

 “The position of the President is that anything done for peace to reign is not too much. The President and his team are awaiting a new date.

 “These governors are the aggrieved people; they are to choose a new date. If there is no meeting again, it is at the discretion of the governors or Baraje group.”

 Asked if the governors had not shown signs that the peace talks had failed, the source added: “The ball is in their court; the President is waiting for them. They are the aggrieved, not the President.”

 The National Publicity Secretary of the Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chukwuemeka Eze, who spoke with our correspondent last night, said the governors were not playing to the gallery or dramatizing the postponement of peace talks.

 He insisted that the governors had genuine reason to shift the talks.

 Eze said: “Why are they reading meaning into the postponement of the peace talks? Ask them: Is there actually Hajj going on? Are some of the governors not Muslims? Do you expect them to leave worshipping of their God to attend political meeting?

 “These governors and some of our leaders in the PDP have gone to pray in order to ask God to intervene in the affairs of the PDP and allow democratic principles to prevail in the party. They have gone to the holy land to ask God to touch the hearts of those causing crisis in the party.”

Pressed to be specific on a new date for resumption of talks, he said: “We will communicate the date after the Sallah when the Hajj exercise would have been completed.”

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