Lagos PDP crisis: Bode George, Agbaje, Maina agrees to share positions

As a way out of the lingering crisis which has engulf the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State for some years now, stakeholders in the party in the state, including Chief Bode George, Jimi Agbaje and Mrs Aduke Maina have agreed on a sharing formula for all positions and to bury their differences as the party finalise arrangement to hold its state congress later this month.

This was disclosed by a chieftain of the party and the head of publicity of the caretaker committee of the party in the state, Femi Careena while speaking in a telephone interview with The Daily Times, noting that there had been a peace meeting with Bode George, Mrs Aduke Maina and Jimi Agbaje on the sharing formula for positions among themselves in the party.

Careena identified greed by the leaders in the past, as reason for the lingering crisis and factionalisation of the party in the state, adding that the leaders often work for their personal interests instead of the overall interests of the party.

He said the recent ward congress in the state was inconclusive in some local governments, adding that arrangement was being finalised to conclude the exercise.

The party chieftain assured that the state would hold a congress and have an elected state executive in place before the party National Convention next month in Abuja, adding that the era of crisis in the state PDP was over.

He said “There is an end in the crisis in the state, there has been a meeting among the stakeholders in the state, we have spoken with Bode George, Mrs Maina, Jimi Agbaje on the modalities for sharing of positions in the state and they seem to have agreed to embrace peace and reposition the party in the state.

“What is often the cause of the problem in the past is that either Maina, or Bode George often cornered the delegates to their favour.

But we would have a chairman that is acceptable to everyone finally, and I can assure you that an executive would be in place in Lagos before the party’s convention next month,” Careena said.