Sacked
Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has
congratulated Sen Ahmed Makarfi following the Supreme Court ruling that
ousted him.
Former PDP National Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff
Following the Supreme Court’s verdict which sacked his leadership
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former national chairman, Sen Ali
Modu Sheriff, yesterday afternoon packed his belongings and left the
national secretariat of the party, popularly called Wadata Plaza,
according to a report by Leadership.
This is to give room for the new leadership led by Sen Ahmed
Makarfi who will next week resume full operations at national
secretariat of the party. Sheriff had taken over Wadata plaza last
February, after the Court of Appeal in Portharcourt, Rivers State,
recognized him as the national chairman of the party.
Sheriff's belongings were packed out of the Wadata Plaza by one of
his aides popularly called Usman, who led four of his other personal
staff to move his belongings from the premises at 1:30pm.
A navy blue police pick up van was used to pack his belongings from
his office. Among other personal effects of the former chairman seen in
the vehicle were a big portrait and other pictures.
Staff of the party loyal to Makarfi who had gathered at the
premises to share experiences while the party’s crisis lasted looked on
as Sheriff’s aides moved his effects into the van.
It was however learnt that Sheriff’s deputy, Dr Cairo Ojougboh;
national secretary, Prof Wale Oladipo; national auditor, Alhaji Wole
Adeyanju; spokesperson, Hon Bernard Mikko, and national organising
secretary, Okey Nnadozie, had come earlier to pack their effects from
their offices.
A staff who pleaded anonymity told LEADERSHIP Friday that most of the properties in the offices were vandalized.
The staff said, “Some offices were broken, even some of the
sound gadgets were vandalized. But we thank God that we are back. We
will pick up the pieces and move on”.
Meanwhile, Sheriff in a series of tweets yesterday congratulated Makarfi over the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment.
In a congratulatory message on his twitter handle @SenAliSheriff, Sheriff said, “The
Supreme Court has spoken. I congratulate Senator Makarfi. We must all
put our hands together to channel a new course for the PDP. Moving
forward, we must embrace true reconciliation, so as to be united as a
formidable option to send the APC packing in 2019.
“This is the time to build the PDP and to focus on the future, which include reclaiming power from the APC.”
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