River State's Amaechi, Jang To Step Down

[Shola Sholaz]

Quarrelling governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, confronted one another into the wee hours of yesterday, trading accusations of backstabbing and betrayal. They, however agreed that the problems of the party lay at the doorsteps of the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
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PDP governors from the two divides of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, met for the first time under one roof in the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with former President Olusegun Obasanjo as mediator.
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President Goodluck Jonathan was not at the meeting, and at the commencement of the meeting, was said to be in talks with senior party officials in the residence within the villa.
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Obasanjo and the governors, it was learnt, are expected to have an enlarged meeting with Jonathan subsequently, during which the issues which were being discussed in the second round of the meeting at press time yesterday, will be thrashed out as part of a final reconciliation.