Post 2023 Polls: PDP Stage Reconciliation Meeting, Atiku, Okowa and Wike Absent

• The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun a move to reconcile aggrieved members of the party
• As part of the aftermath of the 2023 general election, the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) have set up a committee for the reconciliation process
• The first phase of the reconciliation was held in Abuja at the PDP secretariat on Tuesday, June 20

FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and leader of the G-5 governors, Nyesom Wike, were both absent at the reconciliation meeting staged by a selected committee of the party's National Working Committee (NWC).

Similarly, the vice presidential candidate of the PDP, Ifeanyi Okowa was also absent from the reconciliation meeting on Tuesday, June 20, at the party's secretariat, Punch reported.

Speaking at the meeting, the National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, revealed that the meeting was staged to ease calm and begin reconciliation talks between aggrieved members of the PDP in the aftermath of the 2023 general election.

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He noted that the party would not be escalating the tension by blaming or suspending any member.

Bature said:

“This party believes that Atiku Abubakar won the election, but we are in court, and without prejudice to what the court will decide, we will keep it aside.

"Let me acknowledge that this is not a NEC meeting, but an interactive meeting with the aim of jump-starting a reconciliation process."

Meanwhile, the acting chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagun, said the meeting was set up as a sequel to the NWC consultation process with critical stakeholders on how to move the party forward.

Damagun said:

“This meeting will give us the opportunity to review the outcome of the last general elections and to share ideas about how to strengthen the party to face the challenges ahead."

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Meanwhile, the PDP deputy national chairman, Bode George, has disclosed that the now-opposition party played a key role in bringing Nigeria into one.

Bode George said when the PDP came into power in 1999, the founding fathers divided the country into six geopolitical zones.

The PDP leader said this while noting that the recent appointment of service chiefs was a reasonable one.

Source: Legit.ng