Makarfi caretaker committee accuse Sheriff of working for APC
Wed Jun 15, 2016 07:15:am Politics
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, who took over the PDP National Secretariat on Monday, has been accused by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of working for the ruling APC to destabilize the PDP.
Spokesperson for the PDP Caretaker Committee, Mr Dayo Adeyeye told journalists at a press conference in Abuja that the party intelligence reports confirms that the embattled chairman of the party is working for the ruling APC to disorganize it ahead of the Edo State elections.
"What we are however very certain about is that Sheriff and his fellow renegades are being used by the enemies of the PDP to destroy the party and to prevent it from reorganizing itself so as to provide a credible opposition and alternative platform for the forthcoming Edo State Gubernatorial election and 2019 elections.
"The All progressives Congress (APC) has contracted Sheriff and his cohorts to scuttle the chances of the PDP in the Edo governorship elections.
"We have credible intelligence that Sheriff had a meeting on Sunday night with an APC Governor from North-west, where it was agreed that he would be given full security and financial support to exacerbate the crisis in the PDP with the objective of preventing the PDP from presenting a candidate for the Edo Governorship elections, or in the very least to prevent the PDP from offering a serious challenge to the APC whose electoral fortunes has continued to nose-dive," he said.
Meanwhile, this accusation by the caretaker committee has been described as baseless, by the Chief Press Secretary to Ali-Modu Sheriff, Mr Inuwa Bwala.
According to him, time will tell who is being sponsored by forces outside the PDP with the sole objective of destroying the party.
Sheriff had stormed the PDP national secretariat in Abuja last Monday and declared that he remained the authentic National Chairman of the party till 2018.
Spokesperson for the PDP Caretaker Committee, Mr Dayo Adeyeye told journalists at a press conference in Abuja that the party intelligence reports confirms that the embattled chairman of the party is working for the ruling APC to disorganize it ahead of the Edo State elections.
"What we are however very certain about is that Sheriff and his fellow renegades are being used by the enemies of the PDP to destroy the party and to prevent it from reorganizing itself so as to provide a credible opposition and alternative platform for the forthcoming Edo State Gubernatorial election and 2019 elections.
"The All progressives Congress (APC) has contracted Sheriff and his cohorts to scuttle the chances of the PDP in the Edo governorship elections.
"We have credible intelligence that Sheriff had a meeting on Sunday night with an APC Governor from North-west, where it was agreed that he would be given full security and financial support to exacerbate the crisis in the PDP with the objective of preventing the PDP from presenting a candidate for the Edo Governorship elections, or in the very least to prevent the PDP from offering a serious challenge to the APC whose electoral fortunes has continued to nose-dive," he said.
Meanwhile, this accusation by the caretaker committee has been described as baseless, by the Chief Press Secretary to Ali-Modu Sheriff, Mr Inuwa Bwala.
According to him, time will tell who is being sponsored by forces outside the PDP with the sole objective of destroying the party.
Sheriff had stormed the PDP national secretariat in Abuja last Monday and declared that he remained the authentic National Chairman of the party till 2018.
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