By Emmanuel Nduka
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reached out to former President Goodluck Jonathan, and pleaded with him not to abandon the party amid rising crisis rocking the party.
The plea was conveyed by the Acting National Chairman of the party, Yemi Akinwonmi, on Tuesday, while he led a delegation of party leaders to visit Jonathan, in his Abuja residence.
The delegation included Daisi Akintan, former Caretaker Secretary of the PDP in the South-West and the Secretary of ex-officio forum and a member of the National Executive Committee, Mrs Helen Taiwo.
While the three-member team met with the former president behind closed doors, it was gathered that the visit was designed to acquaint Jonathan with current happenings within the party and seek his advice on how best to find an amicable solution to the crisis.
“The South West team were with the former President to appeal to him not to abandon the party.
“They also appealed to him to show more than a passing interest in the affairs of the party by becoming more actively involved in the activities of the party. The former President assured the team that he would not abandon the party,” a source informed.
The PDP which relinquished power to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has been engulfed with internal crisis and mass defections in recent times.
