The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) special reconciliation committee chaired by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Friday, met with the Governor of Enugu State and leader of the party in the South East region, Peter Mbah.
Other members of the committee present at the meeting, which held behind closed doors at the Government House, Enugu, were former Governors of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson, and Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State.
Addressing newsmen after the closed-door meeting with Gov. Mbah, Saraki said “we are members of the PDP Reconciliation and Strategy Committee that was set up recently by the PDP Governors’ Forum to work towards ensuring that our upcoming National Executive Council meeting and also likely convention is rancour-free and and works smoothly.
“In line with that, we are here in Enugu State to consult with one of our leaders, Governor Peter Mbah, who is the leader of the South East PDP.
“This is the first state we are coming to because we appreciate the importance of the South East in our PDP family.
“As you all know, the South East has played a key role as the bedrock of the popularity and the strength of our party.
“In recognition of that, we are here to consult with him and first to commend him on the leadership role he has been playing in the party.
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“More importantly also, to commend what he is doing in Enugu State, which is a reflection for Nigerians to see what happens when you have a PDP government.
“In doing that, we discussed how we will ensure that we carry out the assignment given to us and go ahead to have our NEC and our convention.
“We will have one that is rancour-free and smooth, peaceful and lays the foundation for the PDP that we all are wishing for.
“We have had a very good discussion. Frankly, we have had a very, very useful discussion. We are going away with some of the suggestions that we have here and hopefully work on that.
“With this, we can say here in Enugu, we laid the foundation for a greater new PDP that is coming.
“What we have also seen today, is that there is nothing insurmountable in the challenges ahead and the spirit, the commitment of all of us, especially our leaders, is very, very inspiring.”
