Reasons I stayed away from PDP caucus meeting Sheriff says
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has advanced reasons for his absence at the
expanded caucus meeting of the party held at the PDP secretariat on Monday
night.
The meeting which attracted prominent party members
including the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, past and serving
state governors, past and current members of the National Assembly as well as
the women wings of the party, was the first of its kind in the past 13 months
of a lingering legal tussle which was terminated last Wednesday with the
Supreme Court ruling which recognized the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National
Caretaker Committee.
PDP. National Caretaker Committee
A prominent absentee at the meeting was Senator Modu Sheriff,
his deputy, Dr. Cairo Ojugboh and a host of others loyal to his leadership. But
advancing reasons for his absence yesterday, Sheriff said he was not in the
country, adding that he got no invitation to the well-attended event.
In a statement by his spokesperson, Honourable Bernard
Mikko, Sheriff pledged to address a world press conference to point the way
forward for his supporters ‘nationwide.’
“Senator Modu Sheriff was neither in the country nor invited
to the assemblage at Wadata Plaza yesterday evening. However, he will address a
world press conference to throw light on the way forward after we have received
and studied the full judgment of the Supreme Court and analyzed its import on
our democracy.
“We therefore appeal to all our loyal supporters nationwide
not to defect as we are still committed to bringing the party back to the
grassroots. We assure them that we will not only give them a voice, but they
will also be heard.
“We will collaborate with global anti-corruption networks to
bring all corrupt politicians in Nigeria to book, including PDP members having
criminal cases bordering on dishonesty and malfeasance. Never again will
corrupt politicians use the platform of our major political institutions to
stardom.
The party is for all and no one’s enterprise as government is
conceived as an administrative state where dishonest politicians bask in
democratic corruption,” the statement reads.
Reasons I stayed away from PDP caucus meeting Sheriff says
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