The National caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the governors elected on the platform of the party, have finally picked the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff as the party’s national chairman.
Modu Sheriff, who is replacing Ahmadu Mu’azu, the former chairman who resigned shortly after the 2015 general elections, has been a controversial figure amid allegations he funded and sponsored the extremist sect, Boko Haram which he had since denied.
The spokesperson for PDP, Olisa Metuh, who addressed news men today at the Abuja’s Wadata plaza secretariat of the party, said that all organs of the party, including, the national caucus, PDP governors’ forum and the national assembly caucuses agreed on the choice of Modu Sheriff, who is also a former senator.
Metuh said that the decision would be communicated to the Board of Trustees and subsequently, the National Executive Committee, NEC, for ratification before a formal announcement would be made. [myad]
