NEC accepts Obasanjo’s resignation

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s resignation

as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board

of Trustees has been accepted.

The Secretary of the Board, Senator Walid Jubril,

confirmed this at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on

Tuesday.

Jibril said the resignation was accepted at a board

meeting in Abuja on Monday night.

Jibril, who spoke with reporters after the party’s

National Executive Committee meeting, also said

Obasanjo attended the meeting.

He, however, said the board had yet to decide on

Obasanjo’s replacement, saying a decision would

be taken after the party had ratified its new

constitution.

He said, “The BoT did not discuss Obasanjo’s

replacement, but accepted his resignation. No one

has been nominated or tipped to replace him for

now.”

However, our correspondent learnt that a former

National Chairman of the party, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, is

being tipped to take over the position.

If Ali is elected, Jibril might be asked to resign as

both of them are from the North Central. While Ali is

from Kogi State Jibril is from Nassarawa State.

Meanwhile, moves by the NWC of the party to

reconstitute the party’s Disciplinary Committee

suffered a setback on Tuesday as women present at

the NEC meeting protested against the lopsidedness

in its proposed membership composition.

PDP Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, in his memo to

the party’s NEC dated July 16, 2012 recommended

seven people as members of the committee.

Those on the list were Mr. Femi Pedro( Chairman),

Okey Ezenwa(South-East), Chidi Wiyoka(South-

South), Tanimu Adamson(North-Central), Yakubu

Shehu(North-West), Yusuf Jangwe(North-East) and

Bola Doherty(South-West).

The NEC directed that the members of the NWC

should look into the list and attend to the

grievances of the women.

The Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa

Metuh, who confirmed the development, said the

party was right in its decision, adding that the NWC

would look into the issues that were “raised at the

NEC and consider them before representing the list

at the next NEC meeting”.