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Sheriff says he walked out on party leaders because he was disrespected
According to Sheriff, he was not given his due recognition as national chairman of the PDP Sheriff says he is senior to Jonathan in PDP's party arrangement
REVEALED: Why I walked out on Jonathan and other PDP leaders - Sheriff
According to Sheriff, he was not given his due recognition as national chairman of the PDP Sheriff says he is senior to Jonathan in PDP's party arrangement
Sheriff (right) says ex-president Jonathan (left) disrespected him
Factional
leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ali Modu Sheriff has
disclosed his reason for walking out on leaders of the party during a
meeting organized by former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday,
April 6.
Reports
say that Jonathan had organised the meeting to solve the deepening
leadership crisis in party but Sheriff was enraged and abandoned the
event very into the programme held at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre in
Abuja.
According
to reports, Sheriff said he was not given due recognition as the
national chairman as pronounced by an Appeal Court in Port Harcourt
earlier this year.
He said: “I
respect Dr. Jonathan. He is a former President but as of today, I'm the
most senior member of this party. Therefore, if I respect him, the
respect must be reciprocated.
"You
can't call me for a meeting of PDP and say I cannot address the meeting
as national chairman of the party. We are here for PDP stakeholders'
meeting and the PDP has only one national chairman, which is Ali Modu
Sheriff. There is no PDP meeting that will take place under whatever
arrangement that I will not open the session as national chairman.
Today, I'm the most senior member of this party.
"I
think Governor Seriake Dickson made a proposal for reconciliation. And
we have accepted. Some people want to deviate from this programme, to
bring agenda which was not part of it. And as national chairman of the
party, what I have told you people in my office when Dickson brought the
report is the only thing that we have agreed at this moment. And I will
not be party for anybody using me for another programme. I'm not going
to be part of it."
NAIJTUTS.com recalls
that the meeting between factional national chairmen of the PDP,
summoned by Jonathan ended in a deadlock as Ali Modu Sheriff walked out.
Attempts to get Sheriff to return to the event after he walked out proved abortive
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