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PDP chairman begs members not to decamp

Sheriff said this in a statement issued by Bernard Mikko, the acting PDP Spokesperson on Wednesday in Abuja.

Ali Modu Sheriff

Sheriff said this in a statement issued by Mr Bernard Mikko, the acting PDP Spokesperson to Sheriff on Wednesday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the National Caretaker Committee-led by Sen. Ahmed Makarfi had said that states chapters of the party were free to decide on any political platform their candidates could contest while waiting for Supreme Court’s verdict on the leadership tussle.

Makarfi said that the call became necessary following the party’s experience in previous elections in Edo and Ondo where Sheriff fielded candidates against the party’s choice.

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“We call on all loyal members to ignore this call and see them for what they are; destroyers of our much cherished party.

“We equally call on all members who are desirous of contesting elections to use the PDP and be rest assured of level playing field guaranteed by internal party democracy.

“It is now clear that having failed to convince members to follow them to their proposed new party, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi and his co-travellers have resorted to using everything available to destroy our party.

“This new antic will also fail,’’ Sherif said.

According to him, the party’s National Caretaker Committee is illegal.

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He assured all PDP aspirants that the end to impunity and imposition of candidates in the party was in sight.

Meanwhile, the Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee had denied a report that the committee directed PDP members to defect to other political parties.

The committee in a separate statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye described the publication as misleading, saying the committee had never asked anyone to defect.

Adeyeye added that it was a deliberate attempt to misrepresent the committee’s position and cause confusion among the rank and file of PDP members.

He said that clarification became necessary following the confusion caused by a newspaper headline that the committee directed PDP members to vote for another party in the forthcoming local government elections in Lagos.

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He said “There was no such directive from the National Caretaker Committee.

“Our statement was very clear and unambiguous which was to the effect that we are in court and have absolute faith and confidence in the judiciary to dispense justice without fear or favour.

“We are aware that PDP is being disenfranchised in some elections and that different states have adopted different approaches to the issue without prejudice to the substantive matter before the court.

“We state categorically that the National Caretaker Committee has never asked anyone to defect to another Party. PDP is our party.’’

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He enjoined PDP members to continue to demonstrate total commitment and loyalty to the party.

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