Amaechi, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH, over the weekend has, however, vowed that he would not write the letter.
The lifting of Amaechi’s suspension was
one of the conditions given by a faction of the party, New PDP, for
reconciliation to take place in the troubled party.
The party, which spoke through the
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Abdullahi Jalo,
told one of our correspondents in Abuja, on Friday that only the NEC
could decide Amaechi’s fate.
He said the Dr. Bamanga Tukur-led PDP
was not averse to making peace with all aggrieved members of the party
but that the decision to suspend Amaechi was not taken by an individual.
The party chieftain, however, said the
embattled governor also had a role to play in speeding up the process of
his recall by writing to Tukur, the National Chairman of the party,
requesting for his suspension to be lifted.
He further explained that it was the NEC which Tukur heads that would make recommendations to the National Executive Committee.
He added that it was when the NEC was
satisfied with the explanations and the recommendations made by the NWC
that the suspension would be lifted.
Jalo said, “To suspend a governor and
recall him is an issue that can only be handled by the National
Executive Council which is the highest ruling body of the party.
“It is beyond an individual to sit down
and say okay, Amaechi, we have lifted your suspension. The NWC has to
sit down to access the conditions given to Amaechi before they take it
to NEC.
“The NEC is the one to decide the fate of Amaechi after he must have settled all the issues.
“No individual can decide that he be
recalled. It is the National Working Committee that will make
recommendations which will be taken to NEC; the NEC is the final body
that can recall him.
“It is only the NEC that can decide his
fate. The NEC will say whether they are satisfied with what he has
written to them or not.
PUNCH
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