I am willing to give up PDP chairman for this SPECIAL reason - Ali Modu Sheriff announces
enator Ali Modu Sheriff, who described the judgement by the Port Harcourt Court of Appeal on Friday, February 17, as a victory for the party also revealed that he could relinquish the chairmanship. Sheriff said that the interest of the party supplants his office as the national chairman, then he proclaimed: "I am willing to relinquish the position for the party to move forward into achieve its goals." While speaking with journalists in Abuja he also said: "I consult other leaders of our party to see how we can organise our national convention, to stop our division and leadership tussle." Meanwhile, following his win, the newly reinstated chairman of the PDP, vowed to deal with Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike, and his Ekiti state counterpart, Ayo Fayose. Sheriff made the statement on Friday, February 17, after the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt reinstated him as the lawful national chairman of the PDP. The former governor of Borno state also vowed to restructure the PDP saying “such that characters like Wike and Fayose cannot find a way through to attain any position of prominence in our party in the future.” The court sitting in sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Friday, February 17, declared the decision taking at the May 21 Port Harcourt convention of the party as null and void, Tribune reports. The three judges presiding over the case in a unanimous decision agreed that Modu Sheriff is the chairman of the PDP. This judgement will bring an end the leadership crisis rocking the main opposition party, as both factional chairmen Senators Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff, have both laid claim to be the authentic representative of the party.