![]() ![]() “Anyone whose ambition threatens the collective interest of the party should be removed to save the party and that’s exactly what we have done. To me, the general interest of the party overrides that of any individual and there is no how I can stand in support of any plan to sacrifice the party for any individual. But when it became obvious that his continuous stay in office as the national chairman will jeopardise the collective interest of the party, I had no option than to support his removal. Special assistant to the governor on public communications, Lere Olayinka, in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, urged Sheriff to accept his removal in good faith and join others to build the party.įayose said in the statement, “I supported Senator Ali Modu Sheriff in good conscience. “We cannot sacrifice the party for any individual,” Fayose stated. ![]() Fayose said even though he was one of those who supported the former chairman, he had no option than to support his removal so as to forestall disintegration of the party. ![]() Ironically, one of the governors that had given Sheriff the greatest backing, Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, came out to justify his removal. Other members of the committee were Senator Odion Ugbesia, Senator Abdul Ningi, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, Alhaja Aisha Aliyu, and Barrister Kabiru Usman. In place of the sacked Sheriff- led NWC, a new caretaker committee was appointed with Senator Ahmed Makarfi as acting national chairman and Senator Ben Obi as secretary. The meeting was, ostensibly, to chat the way forward following court orders restraining the party from holding an elective convention. Sheriff was removed from his position in a most dramatic manner, when governors of the party and other leaders held an emergency meeting at the Rivers State Governors Lodge in Port Harcourt. Penultimate weekend’s decision by stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party to settle for an interim national leadership after removing Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman, along with the other members of the National Working Committee, has thrown up fresh challenges. Onyebuchi Ezigbo writes that the removal of Sheriff as national chairman of PDP has set the stage for the return of peace to the party divided by faction and intrigue ![]()
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