Former Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff declared yesterday that he had not reached agreement with anyone to relinquish his position as chairman of the party.
His ally and former deputy national Chairman, Dr Cairo Ojuogboh ,told reporters in Abuja that contrary to insinuation that Sheriff was in the process of relinquishing power to Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, there was no such development.
The presence of Senator Buruji Kashamu, a strong ally of Sheriff at last week’s meeting of the PDP expanded national caucus meeting had been interpreted in some quarters as an indication of Ojuogboh what said. He said categorically yesterday that Sheriff has “not reached agreement with anybody, neither has he permitted anybody to conclude on any processes on his behalf.
“We are continuing with our cases in court, we respect the rule of law. Sheriff will address a press conference on Monday (tomorrow) on the state of our party, PDP. Our goal remains to return the party to the people and stamp out impunity.”
He said the issues that led to the crisis in the party which Senator Sheriff is trying to address have not been resolved.
But yesterday, Sheriff emphasised that his faction was still pursuing its cases in court, but said that he would address the nation on the state of the party on Monday.
