By SINL Reporter
A reconciliation committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday stormed the Hilltop mansion of former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, where they met with him behind closed door.
The committee had Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, former governor of Jigawa State and presidential aspirant of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, Sule Lamido and former governor of Niger state, Dr. Muazu Babangida.
The visitors who were led by former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu arrived at the Minna Airport in a charted aircraft and were driven straight to the Hilltop home of IBB.
Chairman of the Committee, Bala Mohammed, told reporters at the Minna airport that the meeting was to strategise on how to move PDP forward.
Mohammed said the Committee was set up by the party’s National Working Committee to see how the PDP can maximise the gains it has made in recent elections, including in Bayelsa and Edo.
Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) was also part of the delegation.
The meeting with Babangida lasted for over three and a half hours.
“We came on a National Working Committee assignment,” Mohammed said, “to look at the problems and challenges of PDP generally and how we can maximise our fortunes, how we can move forward, coming out of the rubbles of loss in 2019 with dignity and humility, to be able to carry ourselves and provide the necessary leadership for this country to move forward.
“PDP is the darling of the country because we have learnt our mistakes in the past and we have admitted that, and you can see what happened in Edo. And by the grace of God, we will in Ondo, not by imposition, arrogance, exclusion and what have you, but by best practice;
“And that is why the National Working Committee, under the chairmanship of Uche Secondus, set up this committee to review the causes of our loss in 2019 and to see how we can maximise our fortunes and our gains that we are making so far within the Nigeria political landscape.”
