I am willing to relinquish the Chairmanship position - Sheriff

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has disclosed that he could relinquish the chairmanship post for peace to reign within the party. Recall that Senator Sheriff was reinstated as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, by the Appeal Court Judgement in Port Harcourt, on Friday, February 17.

The three judges that presided over the case in a unanimous decision agreed that Ali Modu Sheriff is the lawful chairman of the PDP, thereby nullifying the decision made by the party at the May 21 Port Harcourt convention.

While speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Sheriff claimed that the interest of the party supersedes his office as the national chairman.

He said, "I am willing to relinquish the position for the party to move forward into achieve its goals."

"I consult other leaders of our party to see how we can organise our national convention, to stop our division and leadership tussle."

However, following his victory at the Appeal court, as the chairman of the PDP, he condemned the leadership styles of the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose and his Rivers state  counterpart, Nyesome Wike and vowed to deal with the duo.

This statement was made by the Senator on Friday, February 17, after being reinstated by the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, River state, as the only and lawful national chairman of the PDP.

The former governor of Borno state also stated the he will make all possible efforts to restructure the PDP saying “such that characters like Wike and Fayose cannot find a way through to attain any position of prominence in our party in the future.”

This judgement was believed to bring a stop the leadership crisis rocking the PDP which is still major opposition party, as both factional chairmen Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senators Ahmed Makarfi claim to be the authentic leader of the party. But the Judgement has since on Friday been generating some unrest within the party.