REVEALED: "Why We Are Angry With Jonathan" - Rebel Governors Open Up

The seven governors of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday opened up on the cause of their dispute with President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP.

They said the President had refused to act on the issues they raised during their meetings with him and some leaders of the party on how to restore the crisis rocking the party.
They added that the President had refused to act on issues discussed with the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo-led Elders Committee and the reports presented to him.
Rather than act, they said President Jonathan and his supporters bluntly turned down the report.
The governors stated this in the communique issued after the meeting, which they held in Abuja on Sunday night.
The communique was signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze.
Eze said the Sunday meeting reviewed all the peace meetings so far held with President Jonathan and the Dr. Bamanga Tukur-led PDP and commended the aggrieved governors for the maturity they have exhibited since the beginning of the crisis.
He said, "Some of the demands presented by our governors include the need to reverse the impunity in Rivers State, where a sitting governor was suspended from the party against the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the PDP Constitution, and refusing to uphold the result of the Nigeria Governors' Forum election that saw Amaechi winning 19 votes as Jonah Jang's 16.
"Others include our request for the removal of Tukur as our party National Chairman knowing his flawed election as our party Chairman, and ending the impunity in Adamawa State, among other demands that will put PDP in a strong position as a political party but for reasons not too clear to some of us failed to receive the blessing of Mr. President.

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