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  • 2019: Ali Modu-Sheriff dumps PDP, returns to APC today

    Barring any last minute change of plans, former national chairman of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu-Sheriff has perfected plans to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Sheriff, a former governor of Borno State, was a founding member of the APC before he defected to the PDP and served as a national chairman.

    His tenure in the PDP was controversial leading to the factionalisation of the party.

    It took a Supreme Court verdict to declare his opponent, former Kaduna Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, as the authentic leader of the PDP.

    A top official of the APC told newsmen that Sheriff will be visiting the National Secretariat of the party by 12 noon to formally announce his return.

    Details later…

     

  • Modu-Sheriff, PDP’s biggest mistake – Minority leader, Leo Ogor

    Modu-Sheriff, PDP’s biggest mistake – Minority leader, Leo Ogor

    The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor has said appointing Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a “regrettable and major mistake” the party has ever made since inception.

    Ogor lamented that the former Borno State Governor has done more damage than good to the party.

    In an interview with The Sun, the minority leader said, “Sure. It is a major mistake that we made, a very regrettable one. Sometimes it is too late to cry when the head is off. We are already in it.

    “Bringing the person of (Ali-Modu) Sheriff into our system, I regret it immensely. It is a very regrettable mistake. We wouldn’t have found ourselves in this predicament.

    “It is sad. Because this is somebody that was driven away from the APC and because of our open mindedness, we accepted him. Unfortunately, he has come to do what he knows how to do best.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that a Port Harcourt Appeal Court recently affirmed Sheriff as the Chairman of the party, but the Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Ahmed Makarfi took the matter to the Supreme Court.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the former ruling party has been involved in leadership tussle.

     

  • PDP Crisis: I might quit if Supreme Court affirms Sheriff as chairman – Wike

    Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he might quit his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should the Supreme Court rule in favour of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the party.

    The governor revealed this while featuring on a monitored programme on Channels Television. Wike noted that he was not comfortable working under Sheriff’s leadership. The governor said working under Sheriff “is against my belief and tradition.”

    Wike also hinted on dumping the party should the apex court ruling favour the Sheriff’s faction.

    He said,“Why we are following up this issue is for the stance of the law on certain things to be stated properly.

    “It is very, very unlikely for me to be under Sheriff if the supreme court rules he is the party chairman. I can’t say if I will leave but of course I have my choice.

    “There are things you can’t go on with, they’re certainly wrong.

    “Have you seen the characters around Sheriff? Do the party have any clear roadmap with such person? And then you want me to go and work under such person? It is against my belief. It is even against the tradition, no I can’t do that.”

  • I never sponsored Boko Haram, they killed my brothers, cousins – Sheriff

    Factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has said contrary to information making the rounds, he never sponsored Boko Haram and has even lost close family members to the terror activities of the dreaded sect.

    Sheriff, who spoke at a PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, Benue State on Thursday, added that he was the happiest man because the military crushed the sect.

    He alleged that those who accused him had been arrested for their involvement.

    “How could you accuse someone of creating a group that killed his brother, cousins and other kinsmen? It is not possible,” he said.

    He also slammed former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and elder statesman, Jerry Gana for fueling the ongoing crisis in the party.

    On the state of the party, he said: “I want to assure faithful PDP members that impunity must be put to an end and the party return to the owners. Nobody will sit in the comfort of his room and decide the fate of over 10 million members.”