PDP GOVERNORS FORUM AND FORMER GOVERNORS OF PDP NAMED SENATOR BUKOLA SARAKI TO HEAD A SEVEN-MEMBER RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE 12-05-25
By Sadiq Aminu. The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum and former governors of the party have named former Senate President, Bukola Saraki as the head of a seven-member reconciliation committee to chart a new course for the party away from its current crisis.
Announcing the fresh strategy to journalists after a meeting in Abuja, the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Malam Bala Mohammed, said the committee’s mandate is to engage party members and foster unity ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee meeting on May 27 and its National Elective Convention scheduled for August.
Since the 2023 elections, the party has been plagued by internal strife with some of its Governors and legislators decamping to the rulling All progressives Congress APC.
The Conflicts deepened after a fallout between Governor Sim Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike in Rivers State, along with leadership disputes in the South-South zone and the unresolved vacancy in the post of National Secretary since December 2024.
Despite interventions from the party’s top organs, including the National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, NEC, and the Governors Forum, efforts to heal the rift have only intensified internal divisions, further splintering state and zonal chapters.
Amid the growing unrest, dissatisfaction has led some members to defect to the All Progressives Congress with The most notable being when Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, ex-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, and other key officials switched parties on April 23rd.
This has dealt a major blow on the PDP’s image and weakened its outlook for the 2027 elections.
Governor Bala Mohammed confirmed that the gathering of current and former governors was convened to address and find solutions to some of these issues.