Sacked Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has given reasons for his absence at the party’s expanded caucus meeting held at the PDP’s secretariat on Monday night.
The meeting attracted prominent members of the party like the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, past and serving state governors, past and current members of the National Assembly as well as the women wings of the party.
Noticeably absent at the meeting was Sheriff, his former deputy, Cairo Ojugboh and others loyal to the sacked PDP Chairman.
However, Sheriff, in a statement by his faction’s spokesperson, Bernard Mikko said he was not in the country, adding that no invitation was extended to him.
The former Borno State Governor also promised to address a world press conference where he will define the way forward for his supporters “nationwide.”
According to the statement, “Senator Modu Sheriff was neither in the country nor invited to the assemblage at Wadata Plaza yesterday evening.
“However, he will address a world press conference to throw light on the way forward after we have received and studied the full judgment of the Supreme Court and analyzed its import on our democracy.
“We therefore appeal to all our loyal supporters nationwide not to defect as we are still committed to bringing the party back to the grassroots. We assure them that we will not only give them a voice, but they will also be heard.
“We will collaborate with global anti-corruption networks to bring all corrupt politicians in Nigeria to book, including PDP members having criminal cases bordering on dishonesty and malfeasance. Never again will corrupt politicians use the platform of our major political institutions to stardom. The party is for all and no one’s enterprise as government is conceived as an administrative state where dishonest politicians bask in democratic corruption.”
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