PDP BoT hands over party leadership to Makarfi, I'M STILL CHARGE- SAS

Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi

The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday handed over the mantle of leadership to the recently constituted Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee.
Speaking at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja, the party’s BoT Chairman, Sen. Walid Jibrin said he was handing over the secretariat to the Makarfi-led committee, appealing to party members to cooperate with the committee to deliver on its mandate
Dismissing reports that the board took over the party’s leadership, Jibrin said the board was only holding the assets and liabilities of the party in trust.

Also speaking, former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus said the party is working towards producing leaders who will in turn lead the party to victory in the next general election.
“The party is one and is strong. On behalf of members of the former National Working Committee of the PDP, I am here to handover to the Caretaker committee chairman, we are ready to work with you, we are ready to cooperate with you,” he said.

PDP crises: Modu Sheriff insists he is still party chairman

The Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says its attention has been drawn to the activities at the National secretariat of the party where the reins of authority has been handed to Ahmed Makarfi under a contraption called “caretaker committee”. According to a statement issued by Sheriff’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, “We state as a matter of fact that going by proceedings still pending in the courts to the effect that Senator Ali Sheriff remains the National Chairman, whatever transpired was null, void and of no effect whatsoever.”
The statement continues: “Sheriff has not mandated anybody, nor was his authority obtained by Uche Secondus, who has been parading himself as acting on behalf of the National Chairman.

“While we await the verdicts of the courts, we wish to state that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is and remains the National Chairman of the party, until otherwise declared by the courts.
“We allowed the charade to go on at the secretariat without any form of challenge in strict obedience to careful pronouncement on the matter, but we must also state that there is no gathering of groups or individuals, however powerful, such groups or individuals may be, that can be said to take precedence over the law.
“For the avoidance of doubts, we state categorically that what took place at the PDP secretariat on Tuesday June 7, 2016 was a total disregard to court orders. And an extension of the impunity for which the party has been accused of and which has taken the party to where it is today.
“The public should disregard all the actions and pronouncements,” the statement said.







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