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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Sheriff must leave office in May, PDP BoT insists

2016
This is PDP National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff
Hehehe....The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday, insisted that  the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff,  must leave office on May 21.
The BoT vowed to resist any move by  the former Borno State governor  or his loyalists  to extend his tenure  beyond  the agreed date (May 21).

Acting Chairman of the board, Sen. Jibril Walid, stated this at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.
Walid spoke reacting  to alleged moves by Sheriff and other members of the National Working Committee  of the party to extend their tenure beyond May 21.
The National Executive Committee of the party had at its meeting on March 7 fixed May 21 for the party’s national convention when  new national officers would be elected.
The convention is to hold  Port Harcourt,  Rivers State.
At the meeting, NEC also mandated the Sheriff-led NWC to set up four committees in preparation for the convention.
These committees are those of national convention, reconciliation, finance and zoning.
But Sheriff’s refusal  to name the members of the committees  has fuelled speculation that the ex-governor  is  planning to stay beyond  his tenure.
Sheriff, the former All Progressives Congress chief  has also  claimed that  some members of the PDP wants him to remain  in office till 2019.
But Walid warned Sheriff against listening to those  he described as “praise singers”.
He said,  “I want to offer some advice to Sheriff on the consequences of the  machinations of praise singers and prophets of doom on the unanimous approval of the PDP Governors’ Forum, national caucus,  BoT and the NEC terminating his tenure and that of the NWC on May 21, 2016.
“The above responsible bodies have approved that the tenure of the national officers will end immediately after the convention when the new officers are duly elected.
“The present NWC received an ovation at the meeting of the national caucus, BoT and NEC by overlooking their 2017 tenure in support of the three-month approval of the respected organs of the party which should strictly be complied with.
“Instead of listening to the praise singers, Sherif should follow the path of honour and integrity by simply taking a bow in May 2016 after the convention.
“The recent courtesy calls to the national chairman and the presentations being made, especially calling him to continue beyond the stipulated three-month tenure, is an invitation to trouble, anarchy and the return of impunity to  the PDP.”
Walid also warned on the dangers of not adhering to the recommendations of the  Ike Ekweremadu’s Post Election Review Committee that the party should seek its 2019 presidential candidate from the North.
He said this was done to compensate for the alleged violation of the zoning arrangement in the 2011 election, which led to a major apathy against the party in the north from 2011 culminating in its poor performance in 2015 general  elections.
The party chief  said  the national caucus, BoT and the NEC had  already approved this recommendation by unanimously zoning 2019 presidency to the North.
He said, “To change this decision now is a further invitation to impunity, a lack of party democracy, non-adherence to  the party’s  zoning principles, influence of ‘god-fatherism’, a lack of respect for the decision of constituted party organs, self-imposition and killing the PDP.”
Walid warned that anyone  trying  to reverse the  position  would “ever remain an enemy to the North, a mercenary and killer of  the PDP”.
He added,  “The BoT strongly advises Sheriff to respect his oath and acceptance of the powerful organs of the PDP that he will stay for only three months, and allow his name to be written in gold by honourably leaving the scene in May after the convention.
“The BoT shall resist any move by anybody to destroy the good foundation set by our founding fathers and mothers and shall remain the conscience of the party.”
He said  the BoT would  meet next week to further strengthen its position in  support of the last decision of caucus,  BoT, and the  NEC.

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