PDP bids time over defection of APC chieftains, extends tenure of Imoke committee
In anticipation of mass defection from APC and realignment of forces, the PDP has technically extended the timeline of its Contact and Mobilization Committee which is headed by ex-Governor Liyel Imoke.
Other members of the committee are former governors Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), and Gabriel Suswam (Benue); former Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe, ex-Defence Minister, Haliru Bello, a former Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Paul Orhii, among others.
In setting up the committee, party chair, Prince Uche Secondus charged it to “help open the space and allow into our party, all those whose union with us can help in rescuing this country.”
A PDP source said: “For exigency, the PDP leadership has again extended the timeframe of the committee. I think it was technically done to accommodate the fallout from the National Convention of APC on June 23.
“It is too early to close our doors to defectors. The implosion is already evident in APC, we also want to benefit from it. They fuelled the crisis in PDP in 2014; we will allow their internal wrangling to fester for our own gain too.”
