S/E PDP Govs, Leaders Meet, Brainstorm On Security

In a move that has left tongues wagging, leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including three governors elected on the party’s platform in the south-east geopolitical zone, met in Enugu for second time in one week.

The leaders rose from a closed door meeting with a resolve to fashion out a more sustainable and enduring strategy aimed at permanently checkmating the increasing spate of invasion of communities by suspected Fulani Herdsmen in the zone.

Like the previous meeting, Sundays meeting was attended by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu as well as Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

It also had in attendance the former governors of Anambra and Imo states, Peter Obi and Ikedi Ohakim.

However, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and his Anambra State counterpart, Willy Obiano were conspicuously absent.

Some former governors of PDP stock including Chief Martin Elechi, (Ebonyi), Sullivan Chime (Enugu) and Senator Theodore Orji of Abia, who were said to have been invited to the meeting, were also absent. No reason was given for their inability to attend.