PDP crisis: Abuja High Court sacks Sheriff
Thu Jun 30, 2016 07:44:am Politics
3.1K By Buchi Obichie
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday removed the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff from his position.
Presided over by Justice Valentine Ashi, the Court sacked Sheriff from office by nullifying the 2014 PDP constitution amendment upon which Sheriff was appointed as the PDP chairman.
Based on the party's zoning arrangement, Sheriff, a former Borno State Governor, was appointed as PDP's National Chairman in the interim by the party's stakeholders after former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus from the South-East was removed from the position of Acting Chairman.
The 2014 amendment had purportedly zoned the office of the party Chairman to the North-East.
The decision of the Abuja High Court was announced, whilst the Sheriff-led faction was conducting Governorship Primaries in Benin City for the Edo State Governorship Election scheduled to hold in September.
Sheriff had recently appointed Cairo Ojougboh as the PDP's acting Deputy Chairman, on Tuesday June 28.
Presided over by Justice Valentine Ashi, the Court sacked Sheriff from office by nullifying the 2014 PDP constitution amendment upon which Sheriff was appointed as the PDP chairman.
Based on the party's zoning arrangement, Sheriff, a former Borno State Governor, was appointed as PDP's National Chairman in the interim by the party's stakeholders after former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus from the South-East was removed from the position of Acting Chairman.
The 2014 amendment had purportedly zoned the office of the party Chairman to the North-East.
The decision of the Abuja High Court was announced, whilst the Sheriff-led faction was conducting Governorship Primaries in Benin City for the Edo State Governorship Election scheduled to hold in September.
Sheriff had recently appointed Cairo Ojougboh as the PDP's acting Deputy Chairman, on Tuesday June 28.
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