The Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Thursday declared  that there is no going back on  its  August 17, 2016 scheduled National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

 "August 17, 2016 date is sacrosanct" , states Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who signed the release on behalf of  the faction's National Caretaker Committee.

 Adeyeye described as spurious rumour, insinuations by online media that the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee,  Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi,  has suspended or postponed the National Convention to allow time for more reconciliation on the leadership crisis in the Party.

 Such information  is false, null and void and only exists in the imagination of the authors and originators of the rumour, he maintained.

 "For the umpteenth time, we reiterate there is no change to the August 17, 2016  date slated for the PDP National Convention holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as approved by the Expanded Caucus of the Party in compliance with the Decision of the National Convention that reconvened itself within Ninety (90) Days.

 "You will recall that the May 21st, 2016 National Convention in Port Harcourt that constituted the PDP National Caretaker Committee mandated it to organize and conduct another National Convention within 90 days from the Date of the last Convention. Therefore, the National Caretaker Committee has no power to extend the mandate given to it by the Port Harcourt National Convention and will not do so.

 "The National Caretaker Committee wishes to advise all stakeholders and the general public to ignore all rumours regarding the purported postponement of the forthcoming National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State declaring that August 17, 2016 Date for the National Convention is sacrosanct and will hold as scheduled". he affirmed