Senator Ali modu Sheriff declared to join others in resolving the leadership crisis in the Opposition party.

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   by Olawale, Ado, October 15 at 3:44am


Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has expressed the willingness to join others in resolving the leadership crisis in the opposition party.

At a media briefing in Abuja Thursday night, Sheriff said his camp would be nominating 14 members that would hold discussions with the Caretaker Committee headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

“It is true that we agreed to find a lasting solution to the crisis. I was out of the country and that is why I did not go with Makarfi to meet with members of the National Assembly.

“We are going to set up a 28-man committee to prepare a way forward. The committee will be inaugurated on Tuesday.
“We are compiling the list. It is true that we have reached understanding but there is no position paper from anywhere.
“We must allow people to choose their leaders. We will not deviate from what the common man wants us to do,” he said.
Sheriff attributed the crisis in the PDP to lack of internal democracy, saying what was happening was a lesson for everybody to learn.

“We must allow people and party owners from the ward level, to choose their leaders.
“We are doing what the common man wants us to do and we will not deviate from that,” he added.

He blamed the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) for the lingering crisis, saying that the BoT had taken sides with the Makarfi committee in the crisis.

According to him, the BoT members should not take position on any matter; “If there is a problem they should call everybody and resolve it”.

“When we are constituting our committee, we can pick from the BoT. Every interest will be represented”.

Sheriff insisted that Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim remained the governorship candidate of the PDP in Ondo state. The candidate presented by the Makarfi committee is the one recognized by INEC.

“As a party, we have taken our decision, we have chosen Jimoh Ibrahim as our candidate and whatever the law says we would follow it. We are products of the rule of law”, he said.