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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has said he is pulling out of the peace deal initiated by former President Goodluck Jonathan to end the leadership crisis in the party.
In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday night by his deputy, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, the PDP leader said his group will focus its efforts in rebuilding the opposition party.
He said there was no need continuing with the peace initiative, when party top shots loyal to the PDP National Caretaker Committee, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, are talking about leaving the party if the Supreme Court judgment on the party crisis does not favour them. The statement read :”We are opting out and focusing our efforts at making the party the darling of Nigerians again. We had made tremendous progress before former president Goodluck Jonathan was asked by party leaders to convene a meeting where stakeholders will adopt the Governor Dickson Committee report on reconciliation. Unfortunately, president Jonathan lost control of the meeting he convened and allowed Makarfi group to continue with their anti party posture.
“All the organs of the party were already queueing up behind us and Jonathan came to unbundle the progress we made by his inability to control the meeting. We will not continue again, but rather concentrate on rebuilding our party. We have also postponed the National Executive committee which we had earlier fixed for May 4. A new date will be announced later.
