The national convention of the Peoples
Democratic Party holding in Port Harcourt has sacked the embattled
National Chairman of the Party, Senator Ali Modu Sherriff. A caretaker
chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who is a former governor of Kaduna
State, has been elected as his replacement.
Sensing that he would be sacked at the
convention, Sherrif , who was initially optimistic that he would be
elected, had quickly called off the national convention of the party
earlier in the day.
Sherrif, who made the announcement at a
press briefing at Le Meridian Hotel, Port Harcourt, cited court orders
restraining the party from proceeding with the convention as reason.
“If we proceed with the convention, we
will be charged for contempt of court. As As a responsible party, we
have to respect the court orders. We will reconvene as soon as we are
able to dispense with the court cases,” he had stated.
His directive was however ignored as the
convention went on as planned with the 12 PDP state governors and other
leaders of the party in attendance.
One of the first decisions taken by the
convention was the dissolution of the national working committee of the
party by a motion moved by former Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Hon. Austin Opara, and seconded by another former
Deputy Speaker, Hon. Emeka Ihediora.
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