Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to set up a national caretaker committee instead of organising a controversial National Convention that will compound the division in the party.
He said the proposed caretaker committee should instantly embark on reconciliation and unite the platform.
But Chairman of PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) Adulpus Wabara disagreed with Saraki, saying holding the convention would not worsen the situation with the party.
Also yesterday, the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Babatunde Adejumo, declared that there was nothing strange in courts of coordinate jurisdiction giving conflicting orders.
Saraki, in a statement on his verified X handle, said going ahead with the planned convention would not be beneficial to the party and its members nationwide.
The former Kwara State governor said he had made his position known to the reconciliation team set up by the Wabara-led BoT.
Saraki lamented that despite selfless and arduous efforts by some patriotic members, the proposed convention has become mired in extensive controversy.
He warned that political issues are not always settled in court.
The convention scheduled for Ibadan, Oyo State capital, tomorrow and Sunday, is a bone of contention between the two factions, led by National Chairman Ambassador Umar Damagum and Acting National Chairman Abdulrahman Mohammed.
Mohammmed, who belongs to the Wike/Anyanwu faction, has announced the cancellation of the convention, citing the judgment of the Abuja High Court presided over by Justice James Omotosho.
But Damagun, who has insisted that the convention will hold, pointed to the ex-parte order granted by the Ibadan High Court after a motion on notice brought by a party chieftain, Folahan Malomo Adelabi.
Hearing of the case will commence today before Justice Ladiran Akintola, who extended the ex-parte order till today.
However, there was suspense as Justice Peter Lifu of an Abuja Federal High Court failed to deliver judgment in the suit by former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido against the PDP.
The former governor had approached the court to stop the convention, claiming that he was denied the nomination form for the national chairmanship contest.
Miffed by the logjam, Wabara noted that PDP suffered from self-inflicted injury.
