Sheffif Accused Of Plotting To destabilize PDP.

PDP’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Abdullahi Jalo, yesterday accused the sacked chairman of plotting to destabilise the party.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, Jalo also revealed that the root cause of the persistent crisis that threatened to tear the party apart was the plot by Sheriff to hold on to power and contest the 2019 presidential election on the party’s platform.

The former deputy spokesman said if Sheriff had refused to vacate the seat, the crisis in the PDP would have continued and might have led to the disintegration of the opposition party.

Jalo explained that during the 71st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, it was agreed that his tenure had expired because he was completing the tenure of Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, which ended in March, and should therefore have vacated the office honourably.

He further explained that Sheriff had not been given a waiver by the party, adding that the NEC took the decision that only the national convention, which eventually sacked him, would have guaranteed the extension of his tenure through voting by delegates.

Jalo insisted that Sheriff should step down honorably for the caretaker committee headed by Makarfi to take charge, pointing out that the committee was legitimate, in order, and has the backing of the law.

He said the objective of the PDP was not for the party to die, but to reign supreme, reclaim power in 2019 and provide good governance to Nigerians.

Jalo stressed that the Gana-led Concerned PDP Stakeholders went out of their way to rescue the party from “imminent collapse” and should not be seen as a tool for the division of the party.

He said: “The convention in Port Harcourt saw the danger ahead and unanimously resolved that we should give way for peace to reign, and the party is more supreme than any individual in the NWC.

“So in order to bring peace, Jerry Gana, Ibrahim Mantu, Turaki, Zainab Maina and many others insisted that Ali Modu Sheriff should go.

“His tenure has expired long ago, but he was only granted the favour by the governors to the detriment of long serving members who laboured for the party.”

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