‘Ignore Sheriff’s Suspension Order’

The Ahmed Makarfi-led
caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has directed the Edo state chapter of the party to ignore the suspension order.issued by Modu Sheriff factions.
Makarfi who was reacting to the suspension said there are”Procedures for taking such far reaching decisions they are prescribed in the constitution of the party, so it’s the organ so empowered to take it.
According to him, “It is no longer news that the Ali Modu Sheriff led National Working Committee and indeed all national officers were removed by the party’s convention, which is the highest decision making organ of the party
“This purported suspension is clearly part of the desperation of Senator Sheriff and his paymasters to orchestrate confusion that would lead to the failure of the party in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State; an election that the party is otherwise very well placed to win’’.
“The Caretaker Committee recognises and would continue to relate with the leadership of the party in Edo State that was validly elected at the recent congresses, even as it calls on the members and teeming supporters of the party in the state to remain steadfast and vigilant in the face of the mischief being perpetrated by Sheriff in order to destroy the party’’, he said.
“The Caretaker Committee also appeals to the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services and indeed all security agencies to call Sheriff to order as well as keep more than an eye on him so that he doesn’t precipitate crisis in any part of the country for which he is well known, since we, as Nigerians already have enough on our hands to contend with.”
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff who, until recently was the PDP acting national chairman, on Saturday suspended the state executive committee of the party “sequel to various petitions deriving from allegations of irregularities arising from the last state congresses that sought to elect State Executive Committee for the chapter.”
He had earlier nullified the Plateau State congress of the party and promised to set machinery in motion for the emergence of a fresh executive committee for the state PDP.