Modu Sheriff
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has accused his political rival,
Senator Ahmed Makarfi of frustrating reconciliation efforts brokered by
former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Briefing journalists in Abuja, Senator Sheriff’s Deputy, Mr Cairo Ojougboh, said the PDP National Working Committee has been talking to the leaders of the party to fix a date for a convention.
According to Mr Ojougboh, the PDP would go on with the convention even as Senator Makarfi’s group awaits judgement from the Supreme Court on the matter.
“The National Working Committee has adopted the position of the
reconciliation committee as a working document and a working paper, and
it’s not exhaustive.
“Any organ of the party or any person in the party that has any
position to submit to the National Working Committee will also be
studied.
“If Makarfi and his group feel that they don’t want political
settlement and that they want to wait for the Supreme Court, it is their
choice.
“But the party cannot remain stagnant waiting for them, so the party must continue.
“When they get to the Supreme Court and they come back, then we will know how to cross that bridge when we get there.
“All organs and 90% of the populace of the PDP including stakeholders
have queued into the issue of reconciliation and convention, and the
convention must hold,” he said.
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