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The national caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the peace process initiated by the Ahmed Makarfi-led leadership with the factional chairman Ali Modu Sheriff.
The PDP also declared that all its federal lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) might loose their seats as the party was bent on recovering the seats.
These were some of the resolution reached after the party’s national caucus meeting which held in Abuja late Wednesday. The meeting was attended by PDP governors, National Assembly caucus and members of the Board of Trustees (BoT).
Recall that Sheriff and Makarfi had met last month, and declared their resolve to reconcile.
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Addressing newsmen after the meeting, spokesperson of the party Dayo Adeyeye revealed that a peace panel would be inaugurated next week Monday.
“The peace move has been finally endorsed and supported by members of caucus without any dissenting voice.
“The purpose of the meeting was to brief the caucus and get their endorsement. This meeting was to get the endorsement of the caucus. It is not about giving conditions but to move forward.
“Members of the Caretaker committee are not in office on their own, they were appointed by the party and they have to carry the party along in all they are doing. By the grace of God the peace committee will be inaugurated on Monday next week,” he declared.
Speaking on the defection of some PDP federal lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he said “We are taking steps to make sure that we take back the seats from the lawmakers that defected from PDP to APC”.
Joshua Dariye, a serving senator, recently defected from the opposition party to the ruling party, citing the leadership crisis in the party.
