Ali Modu Sheriff Must Go Next Month - PDP Leaders

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Ali Modu Sheriff Must Go Next Month - PDP Leaders

There are indications of a looming crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a group of concerned stakeholders and elders of the party have called on the new National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, to resign.

The group, under the aegis of PDP Rescue Group led by Wilberforce Juta, who also contested for PDP chairmanship, made the call during a news conference on Sunday, February 21, in Abuja.

According to Juta, the PDP leaders were upset about Ali Modu Sheriff’s appointment as PDP national chairman, Premium Times reports.
He said: “Most PDP members did not see in Sheriff a model of impeccable integrity that the party badly needed to lead it at this critical moment.

“We are upset by the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in appointing Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman.

“We are convinced that this decision is against the will and wish of the generality of members.

“We know for a fact the North-East Zonal wing, having been directed by the National Caucus of the party to forward nominees from the zone, did not nominate Modu-Sheriff for the position of national chairman.

“Consequently, Modu-Sheriff should do the needful by stepping down honourably as it is evident that party members nationwide have overwhelmingly rejected him.

“Having the PDP destroyed by acts of error of judgment being witnessed now, is denying Nigeria of a strong opposition party that is badly needed if Nigeria’s democracy is to be strengthened and all tendencies toward civilian dictatorship checked.

“The crisis must challenge all party members to action to halt the party from further drift. The plan of PDP Rescue Group is to mobilise party members and leaders to help attain this noble goal.

“It is, therefore, critical if the PDP must come back to national reckoning, that we remodel its leadership on the platform of honesty as required by the party manifesto.”

“It is our considered view that we endeavour to elect only those with discernible traits.”
Juta called for early congresses and national convention of the party to elect new leaders as the term of the current leadership was due to end in March 2016.

He said: “Under no guise should the tenure of the current leadership of the party be extended, if we must make the needed fresh beginning.”

The imposition of Sheriff as the acting chairman of the major opposition party was not well received by many Nigerians who took to their social media platforms to pour out their feelings.