We Don't want Modu Sheriff As Party Chairman- Ex-PDP Minister

 

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who served as ministers between 1999 and 2015, have rejected the appointment of former Borno State governor, Modu Sheriff, as the chairman of the party.The ministers made their position known in a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.

 In a communiqué issued after the meeting on Tuesday, the group said “Having considered the decision of the National Executive Committee of PDP in the last executive Committee meeting of Tuesday 16th February, 2016, the forum resolves as follows:

1.The forum rejects Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman of the PDP due to the illegitimacy of the process that purportedly brought him in.

2 . The forum commends and supports the stand of the Board of Trustees of the Party for their rejection of the imposition of Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff for lack of transparency and internal democracy in the process.

3.The forum calls for the conduct of congresses at all levels of the party, leading to a National convention that should be held before the 28th of March, 2016 to return power to the people in tandem with the constitution of our Party and as encapsulated in our party’s motto: “Power to the People”.

4.The forum noted with dismay the threat on one of its members, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. The forum considers a threat to one as a threat to all.

Former Minister of Special Duties and Chairman of the PDP’s Ministers Forum, Kabiru Turaki, said the meeting took some critical decisions that would save the party from its leadership crisis.

The meeting is a follow-up to series of controversies that have trailed the emergence of Ali Modu Sheriff as the new National Chairman of Nigeria’s main opposition party, the PDP.

Since his emergence as National Chairman, there have been several criticisms about the manner of his emergence and also questions about his integrity.

Following widespread calls by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party for, Ali Modu Sherrif to resign his position, the Newly appointed PDP Chairman says he will not succumb to the requests.

The PDP Chairman has also denied being the founder and sponsor of Islamist sect, Boko Haram saying he would take legal actions on those who have leveled such accusations against him without any evidence.