Mark on peace move

Senate President David Mark yesterday
launched a peace move to reconcile the
warrying members of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
He was in Minna yesterday to meet with
stakeholders.
Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu is one of
the seven governors that formed the (New
PDP) last Saturday.
The Senate President who arrived Minna
Airport in a private chopper at about 11:45am
drove to the residence of former military
President Ibrahim Babangida for consultation
and to solicit his support.
Accompanied by Senator Tunde Ogbeha and
two Senators from the state – Senators Dahiru
Awaisu Kuta and Zaynab Kure – the Senate
President went into a meeting which lasted
about 30 minutes.
Reporters were barred from entering the
premises of the former military president while
the meeting lasted.
Emerging from the meeting with Babangida,
the convoy left Minna for the palace of the
Etsu Nupe and chairman, Niger state council of
Chiefs, Dr. Yahaya Abubakar, in Bida.
Though a source in Government House said the
Senate President was in Minna for the reunion
meeting of Course 3 set of the Nigeria Defence
Academy (NDA), which he is the leader, our
correspondent gathered that the visit was to
make peace between the warring fractions of
the party.
It was gathered that the Senate President was
billed to meet last night with the governor,
leaders of the party and some elders of the
party at the Presidential lodge.
“The Senate President is on a peace mission to
Minna. Though it coincided with the Course 3
set of NDA, he is here principally to truce in
the crisis rocking the PDP,” a source in
government told our correspondent.