Save PDP, back Sheriff, Agbazuere tells Governors

Global Patriot Staff February 23, 2017 Local, News, Politics Leave a comment 614 Views

As the leadership controversy continues to rage in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) even in the face of a Court of Appeal judgment stating that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is the authentic national chairman of the party, a chieftain of the party in Abia State, Dr. A.C.B. Agbazuere, has advised governors of the party to back Sheriff to save the party from total collapse.

Agbazuere in a statement on Thursday argued that with Sheriff willing to hold a national convention soonest to elect new national officers, there was no need for the leadership feud to continue as it was driving people out of the party.

He urged the governors to forget ego and support Sheriff to convene a National Convention of the party.

“The fact that the national chairman has indicated that he will not contest is a great sacrifice which the governors must appreciate if they actually love the party and want it to make progress,” he said.

He stressed that “it is more honourable for governors to accept peace and work with Sheriff as he could still prevail at the Supreme Court because the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party and the law are copiously on his side.

“I urge the governors and other contending stakeholders to take time and read the PDP constitution particularly sections 33 (1) (a) and 35 (1) (a) among others so as to appreciate the constitutional strength of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

“It is also safer for PDP governors to strengthen the Peoples Democratic Party than thinking of forming a new party or going to All Progressives Congress (APC) which some of them have been castigating,” Agbazuere advised.

According to the PDP stalwart who is also an International Human rights and constitutional lawyer, “Impunity must be rejected while peace must be embraced for PDP to play the role of a credible opposition or even take power in 2019.”

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday sacked the Senator Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Committee and affirmed Sheriff as the authentic chairman of the party, a move that has been rejected by most of the governors and organs of the party.