Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi, on Thursday issued condition to be met before his committee would accept a political solution to end the lingering face-off with the party’s national Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff.
Speaking when he received a delegation of Borno PDP members in Abuja, the former Kaduna State Governor said his committee is “open to political resolution provided it is genuine, provided it is sincere, comprehensive, democratic, legally water tight and it is not a surrender of the party in an undemocratic manner to anybody including myself”.
Makarfi said Sheriff’s forceful occupation of the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja was a violation of the Court of Appeal ruling in Port Harcourt, Rivers State which ordered the party to return to status quo ante.
According to Makarfi, “The court of appeal judgement only said the status before 21st May 2016 should be. We are with you a 100 percent , power to people is PDP, it is not power to individuals or few groups of individuals. That is what this struggle is all about.
“The convention that took decision is a reflection of the people, even NEC that made appointment in acting capacity, how many people made that decision, about 60. In convention, thousands made the decision.”
He, however, assured the delegates that his committee remains committed to the most members of the former ruling party who are particular about PDP’s progress.
“In convention, thousands made the decision. So how do you compare a decision that was made by 60 people and decision made by thousands of people, when you are talking of democracy. In any case the constitution is clear, which again is supreme.
“NEC is not superior to convention. The legal argument will be sorted out in due course but I assure you irrespective of the legal outcome we are not going to abandon you. We are not going to abandon true democrats, we are not going to abandon true PDP men and women.”
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