Governor
Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, justified last Saturday’s removal of
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
at the Port Harcourt convention, saying the party under the erstwhile
leadership was headed towards the precipice.
Wike’s
justification of Sheriff’s sack was welcomed by Prof. Jerry Gana, leader of the
PDP Concerned Stakeholders, who convened a parallel convention in Abuja to
press for the removal of the Sheriff-led executive of the party.
Meanwhile,
heavily armed policemen, yesterday, took over the national secretariat of the
party, denying entry and exit to and from the building.
The
development, which came ahead of today’s expected takeover of the national
secretariat by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee, was also
shadowed by continuing intrigues as the ousted Senator Sheriff executive was
last night also said to be preparing to fight back.
Sheriff
and his aides, who could not be reached for most of yesterday, were said to be
engaged in a meeting with his dissolved National Working Committee, NWC.
Speaking
after the 2016 national convention, Wike said: “All along, the crisis has been
about the former acting chairman whose emergence was strongly opposed. This is
destabilising the party and so we had to let him go. What is important is the
party and not the individual. No sacrifice is too much for anyone to make as
far as PDP is concerned.”
He
noted that he had no personal interest in supporting Senator Modu Sheriff as he
was the best option at the time he emerged.
He
said PDP will continue to grow from strength to strength as it remained the
only hope for the country.
Governor
Wike said: “We will not allow the PDP to die or suffer divisions under our
watch. History will never forgive us if
we watch the party die.”
The
governor said the party leaders would work towards maintaining unity among all
members of the party.
He
said despite the challenges, the 2016 national convention was successful as the
party had been repositioned in the interest of the nation.
Source:
Vanguard
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