Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff are set to fight to finish over who lead the troubled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Just as Modu Sheriff bulldozed his way into the national secretariat of the party on Monday to take his seat as chairman, Makarfi has made it clear that he is not in the mood to concede the leadership of the party to Modu Sheriff.
Addressing newsmen at his residence in Abuja, Senator Makarfi said:”all the so called court orders, judgment being bandied about aren’t really true. We know what the courts have said, the court never stopped any convention. Of course, it said do not elect and we didn’t elect and the order which was said to be vacated and that’s the Port Harcourt court order hasn’t been vacated and the IGP and INEC till today said it is an existing order.
The former Kaduna state governor however disclosed that he was open to dialogue that would ensure the amicable resolution of the seemingly protracted impasse facing the party.
“All said and done, I still believe that the path towards resolving political problem is dialogue, accommodation and I am open to that.
“But as I am open to dialogue, accommodation so that we become one strong united family once again but it is very, very unfair to make a fraudulent statement that there is a document purported to have been issued by me. That never, ever happened and I never even dreamt about it not to talk of issuing it.” [myad]
