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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, took steps to resolve the crisis rocking its Benue State chapter with the inauguration of a caretaker committee.
The acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, who inaugurated the committee at the party ‘s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, said the interim leadership would be in place for 90 days.
He charged members of the committee to put the interest of the party above their personal interest.
The Benue State chapter has been enmeshed in crisis with different groups within the party suspending the immediate past governor, Samuel Ortom and his predecessor, Gabriel Suswan.
The PDP chairman said the major task before the committee was to reconcile all aggrieved persons so that the party could regain control of the politics of the state.
“Your duty is to usher in an all-inclusive executive during these ongoing congresses, so that everyone will belong. This is not an easy task. You must avoid sentiments, selfishness and taking all.
“Even though you came from various interests, I want to advise you to put the party’s interest above your personal interest. Until you have a party in Benue, you will not be able to achieve what you want to achieve in the future.
“We all know the crisis that led to our bad outing during the last general election and they are still there. We want to use you to correct the anomalies. So, you have a very big task. Only genuine reconciliation can achieve the progress that has so far been retarded within the party.”
Chairman of the caretaker committee, AVM Napoleon Bali (retd), assured the party’s leadership that the committee would do everything possible to restore.
“We are going to work as a team and I want to tell Benue people that by the grace of God, PDP is coming back and we are going to take over the leadership of Benue State in 2027.
“As a retired general, we were taught conflict management strategies. It is not a question of Ortom or Suswan, but by the grace of God, I am going to unite them with the support of all the members of this committee.
“Conflict management is just a matter of give and take. We shall look at the issues and address them. If we cannot address them, we will find out if somebody can take some and leave some. This is what conflict management is all about. So, I can assure you that we are going to unite all the big names and people in Benue PDP. I can assure you that they will all come on board.”
