The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee (NCC)
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, on Tuesday dismissed
reports of a brewing political crisis in its Bayelsa State chapter.
Makarfi, who made the clarification when he received a
delegation of Bayelsa State executives at the national secretariat in Abuja,
said contrary to the insinuation that there is a dispute between former
President Goodluck Jonathan and the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, both men
have been working together to strengthen the party.
The PDP leader said he has been in communication with
both Jonathan and Dickson, and that there was no dispute between them.
He said he has found out that some mischievous people
were out to create crisis for the state PDP, adding that the petition that generated
concerns was baseless.
Makarfi however warned the leadership of the party in
the state against dancing to the tune of mischief makers to avoid generating
problems in the party.
He dismissed the erroneous impression being created
that Jonathan was trying to hijack the party structures in state, describing
such insinuation as false.
Makarfi said he has been in touch with ex-President Jonathan
who has always emphasised the need to ensure that there is unity in the party.
He described the rumour as the handiwork of detractors
who are seeking ways to destabilise the state chapter.
According To him, "Don't allow yourself to be
fragmented by rumour. Your executive has been ratified by the convention and
that is final. There is no need to pander to rumour of an impending sack of the
exco. Immediately the rumour broke out, the former president called me to
dismiss that rumour, and he said there is no iota of truth in the said petition
against the state executive."
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