Chairman
of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee and
governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has denied asking chairman of the
party's national caretaker committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi to quit office as
reported in the media.
In
a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Francis Agbo, on
Tuesday, the governor said he only told Senior Editors and Bureau Chiefs of
the various media organisations in an interview in Abuja, that for the party to
bounce back, leaders must make sacrifices.
"To
set the record straight, Governor Seriake Dickson spoke with a select group of
journalists last Saturday, in Abuja, on the PDP crisis but he never asked
Makarfi to step down.
"He
consequently appealed to PDP leaders including Sheriff and Makarfi to make
sacrifices for the revival of the party, stressing that the PDP is more than
Sheriff and Makarfi and indeed, any individual," the statement said.
The
governor added that he and his committee would not be distracted despite what
he termed blackmail and propaganda.
He
stated that the committee remained committed to reconciling all interests
through dialogue, adding that only dialogue and sacrifices can engender true
reconciliation.
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