Former governor of
Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been included as a member of the national
convention planning committee for Saturday’s special convention of Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
Ibori returned to the
country few months ago after serving a four-year jail term in a British prison.
He was listed as No 41
in the main organizing committee of the PDP.
Saturday’s
non-elective national convention is put together by the opposition party to
extend the tenure of the Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee to enable
them conduct the elective convention which is speculated to hold in November.
The convention will
also to see to the amendment of the party’s constitution.
The former Delta State
Governor who has not attended any political meeting at the national
headquarters since he returned to the country, and was absent at the inaugural
meeting of the committee last Wednesday.
The committee is
headed by the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa.
Former Media Aide to
Ibori, Tony Eluemunor, who reacted to the inclusion of his former principal in
the committee, told reporters that Ibori’s nomination in the committee was
normal and that he had not left the party.
Eluemunor added that
Ibori was equally invited to the last National Executive Committee, NEC,
meeting, even though he didn’t attend.
He said, “It is a
privilege given to every former PDP governor. Ibori is a former governor and he
has not left PDP.
“So, there is nothing
unusual in his name being included in the list. He was invited to the last NEC
meeting but he did not attend.”