Mary Onyia
The embattled National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus will remain the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until the national convention of the party is conducted in October.
Confirming this on Tuesday, at the end of a closed- door meeting of the party stakeholders, the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, said the members have agreed to cooperate.
“This meeting has agreed that immediately a NEC meeting should be convened for the party to constitute the national convention planning committee and the national convention should be held latest by the end of October.
“As party members of the BoT, members of the governor forum, members of former governors forum, former ministers, former Senators, former Presiding officer of the National Assembly and various stakeholders, we are very happy to announce that we have discussed all matters and we have resolved to continue to work as a united family.
“Also, the zoning committee for the party should also be constituted by the same NEC immediately,” he said, adding that “the NEC of the party shall meet most likely next week and all the issues will be addressed,” he said.
Secondus has been under intense pressure from various quarters in the party to resign his position as Chairman of the party. But with the party’s recent decision, Secondus gets a respite until the party’s meeting in October, where his fate will expectedly be determined.