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…Sheriff moves to stop Makarfi from challenging PH ruling

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor & Ben Agande

ABUJA—At least five of the 11 governors in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are openly engaged with the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff leadership of the party, Vanguard has learnt.

The gains by the Sheriff tendency in the party came as Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State asked factional chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, to step down his claim upon the reality of the Court of Appeal judgment upholding Sheriff as national chairman.

Meanwhile, National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, has applied to the Supreme Court seeking to stop Senator Ahmed Makarfi from using the name of the party to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt which affirmed him as the authentic chairman of the party.

Besides Governor Dickson, who is the chairman of the party’s Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Governor Dave Umuahi of Ebonyi State, Governor Ben Ayade and the party’s two Northern governors were also said to have tilted towards Senator Sheriff.

Governor Umahi was said to have technically given recognition to Sheriff after he got the later to endorse the party’s candidates for the forthcoming local government elections in Ebonyi State. Besides a statement from Cross River State chapter of the party endorsing Sheriff, Governor Ayade has also openly appeared with Sheriff in public engagements.



Meanwhile, Governor Dickson who asked party leaders to accept the Court of Appeal judgment vesting leadership on Sheriff, in an interview in Abuja, said the crisis rocking the party was fuelled by the selfish desire to control the party ahead of the 2019 elections. He warned that the interest of the party should be placed above selfish ambitions.

The governor, who has been attacked by the Makarfi faction for turning the report of his committee to Sheriff, pointed out that it would have been wrong for his party to have done otherwise given the legal status vested on Sheriff by the Court of Appeal judgment.

Dickson pointed out that though he was not a er of Sheriff, he said he was compelled by the rule of law to accept him as the national chairman based on the court order and in the overall interest of the PDP.

The governor said it was appalling for many leaders in the party, who claimed to be democrats to treat the court verdict recognising Sheriff as the national chairman of the PDP with disdain, pointing out that such disposition would lead to the collapse of the party, if not checked.

Sheriff moves to stop Makarfi from challenging PH ruling

In a motion for discontinuance filed by Senator Sheriff and Professor Wale Oladipo, secretary of the party, the duo argued that Makarfi lacked the legal ground for such appeal.

He has, therefore, applied to the apex court for the withdrawal of an appeal filed in the name of the party by the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction.

Senator Makarfi had in an appeal with number SC.133/2017 filed on February 27, 2017, challenged the February 17, 2017 judgment of the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal which restored Sheriff-led executive as the authentic leadership of the party.

Sheriff’s motion of discontinuance, which was filed through their lead counsel, Chief Akinlolu Olujinmi (SAN), noted that by virtue of the Court of Appeal’s judgment, Makarfi and other of his faction were not the alter ego of the party and as such, were incompetent to institute any legal process in the name of the party.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/five-pdp-govs-back-sheriff/

good for them

Abeg call names let me know our enemies.

Good one! The indefatigable Life Chairman of the Largest Party in the World keeps riding high irrespective of the tides.

God "bless" those governor's. This is a decision they won't regret.

Sai SAS!

over to you wailing Bushbabies.

Whereas Politics is a game of Interest.. Nigerian Politics is a game of Interest and Greed..Money must have exchanged hands for them.to move to Sheriff's camp..Anyway Ole ni gbogbo won

Fayose &Wike will lead wailers & iPobs to bow before Sherrif..
Kiss the truth!

Na propaganda in Orubebe'svoice

God bless Ali modu Sheriff. May his days at Wadata House be long.

I have nothing to say.

Flyingngel:
I have nothing to say.

How the mighty fallen

We all know it is a lie from Apc media centre.
That was how three south-east governors had concluded plans to Apc according to Okorocha.

Same way that tout of a guvnor will be ousted as pdp gov forums head. U cant have learned gov like Ayade and allow the Amala eating guvnor to be heading them. EKITI can allow that, Nigerians won't

ikaboy:
Same way that tout of a guvnor will be ousted as pdp gov forums head. U cant have learned gov like Ayade and allow the Amala eating guvnor to be heading them. EKITI can allow that, Nigerians won't

Don't you know that Ayade and umahi are Pro Buhari your plans will not work we want Ayo fayose . The mouthpiece of opposition in Nigeria for now

lightblazingnow post:



How the mighty fallen.




Mighty fallen? Guy tell me it is a yoke because i am not PDP or APC.

PDP died a long time ago. It was killed by Jonathan.

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Buhari I see yur hand oooo

PDP. They better settle their rift before

I am tired of hearing this Pdp news. Pls if you people can't make peace step aside let's look for a way foward for Nigeria. Because there is no strong opposition to checkmate Apc they are very relaxed. Playing with Nigeria the way they want.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGZZ646Sjwg

Urai Dino and I were fighting corruption together until we came to the house of rep and abandon us

Anything with the name PDP on it, weathe pdp water, advance PDP, hause pdp etc most have sherrif as their national chairman

Like pdp like apc
Crisis !crisis! crisis!

Jonathan and his carry go Baba group killed PDP with their greed. . They allowed power to blindfold them to political reality of the time..
They pushed Jona to the front even when it was apparent that the man was visionless & spineless in handling the affairs of the nation..they allowed their personal get rich syndrome to drive them off the track of public acceptability .. They are yet to recover from the shock & I doubt if they can ever do.

Besides Governor Dickson, who is the chairman of the party’s Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Governor Dave Umuahi of Ebonyi State, Governor Ben Ayade and the party’s two Northern governors were also said to have tilted towards Senator Sheriff.

Not even one concrete evidence in the whole write up, crass journalism.

small small...the eleven go

Good for them. PDP is cremated already.

I still maintain my stand on this matter that Ayo Fayoshe and Wike are the prime cause of the crisis rocking the PDP.

Let Ali Modu Sherrif be the party chair and work towards a convention as soon as possible. Then pull all your resources to oust him at that point. The longer this issue drags, the worse for whatever is left of the party.

Which party is PDP again?is it the same PDP that was buried long long time ago?

Sherriff has come to stay last last