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[Mirror]

Members of the G7 governors met yesterday to deliberate on the renewed reconciliation efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan towards ending the intractable crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The President, who has reached out to the aggrieved governors through the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, directed that the impasse in the party be resolved soon as possible.

As at press time, the G7 governors which include Aliyu Babangida (Niger), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) as well as some leaders of the new PDP led by its Chairman, Abubakar Baraje, were locked in a meeting to streamline their differences.

The G7 governors and the new PDP are demanding that President Jonathan should not contest in 2015; that state party structure should be returned to the governors; that the suspension slammed on the Rivers State governor should be lifted and that Bamanga Tukur be relieved as the National Chairman of the party.

But President Jonathan has ordered Dasuki to ensure that the reinstated National Secretary of the party, Prince Olugunsoye Oyinlola, assumes office today at the party's headquaters in compliance with the court order.

The Baraje-led new PDP had vowed to storm the party headquarters today to enforce the Appeal Court, Abuja, judgement delivered by Justice Joseph Tor which recognised Oyinlola as the validly elected national secretary of the PDP.

Against the expectation that Oyinlola would be sworn in today, National Mirror gathered from a highly-placed PDP source that a directive from the Presidency has asked that the embattled former governor of Osun State may not need to be sworn in rather, "he will walk back to his office, report to Tukur and assume his responsibilities as the chief administrative officer of the party.

"Since he has taking oath of office in March last year for the four-year tenure, he will not be required to take fresh oath. But should any other competent court dismisses the judgement of the Appeal Court, he will vacate the seat."

[Mirror]