WETIN DEY HAPPEN TO PDP SEF......CHEI

hehehehe...........The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, has affirmed former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, as the authentic national chairman of PDP. 

Factional leader of the party, Ahmed Makarfi, had approached the court to dissolve Sheriff's faction. The three presiding judges unanimous ruled in favor of Sheriff today.


The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday affirmed Sen Ali Modu Sheriff, as the authentic National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The three-man panel of judges in a unanimous decision agreed that the former Borno State Governor is the authentic National Chairman of the party.

PDP has been enmeshed in leadership crisis following the inauguration of the Sen Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee in May 2016.
The party had inaugurated the committee following the alleged expiration of the tenure of its embattled factional National Chairman, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff.
Despite the existence of the Makarfi-led Committee, Sheriff has continued to maintain that he remained the authentic leader of the party.

Ali Modu Sheriff gallantly returned to his home with his entourage after a successful legal outing against the warring opposition faction within the main opposition party, PDP.

 

Ali Modu Sheriff on arrival at his home

A Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Friday confirmed former Borno State governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

In doing so, the appellate set aside a Federal High Court judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Liman which recognised Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the chairman of the party.

Justice Liman in his judgment said that the National Convention of the PDP held in Port Harcourt in 2016 was lawfully conducted in accordance with the party’s constitution and guideline and that Ali Modu Sheriff’s led executive was lawfully dissolved during the national convention.

Ali Modu Sheriff was all smiles as he returned to his home for a long rest after a stressful day. The Ahmed Makarfi faction has decided to drag him to the Supreme Court over the leadership tussle.

The leadership of the People's Democratic Party is currently in disarray following the victory of the Ali Modu Sheriff in the appellate court.

 

Ahmed Makarfi

The Makarfi led PDP will challenge the ruling of the Port-Harcourt Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court as anticipated. This is in accordance with the statement posted on her official twitter handle.

The statement read thus:

1. Two out of the 3 man Justices of the Appeal Court gave a scanty judgment in favour of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff while one for Makarfi

2. The Judgment has finally shown that the ruling Party, the APC is out to create a one party state in the country.

3. The Party is proceeding immediately to the Supreme Court to file an appeal against the ruling of today's appeal court judgment

Senators Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff have tested their legal muscles through various litigations in many courts in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, with each getting favourable orders and directives with the attendant effect on stability in the party.

Chieftains of the party from the two sides had at various fora expressed readiness to abide by the outcome of the appeal court verdict with a view to bringing lasting peace in the party.

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had last year gave legitimacy to Makarfi as the chairman of the party, while another court of coordinate jurisdiction in Abuja, headed by Justice Okon Abang, had ruled that Sheriff should be recognised as the chairman.

The PDP has not been able to play the role of leading opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because of the crisis ravaging it from within.

Meanwhile, a former Aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to Ali Modu Sheriff's victory at appeal court. According to him, the decision of the Appeal court is a "victory" for President Buhari.

See the Twitter screenshots below:

 
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the Friday’s ruling by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, which recognized Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the legitimate Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
A three-man panel of judges in a unanimous decision agreed that the former Borno State Governor is the authentic National Chairman of the party.

The former Aviation Minister, who has often been critical of Modu Sheriff’s struggle to be the party’s National Chairman, mocked the judgment, calling it a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari.
Via his twitter handle, @realFFK, wrote, “The decision by the Court of Appeal in PH to recognise Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the Nat. Chairman of the PDP is a victory for @MBuhari.”

Former aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Koyde has hinted on leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for embattled factional National Chairman of the Party, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff.
The former Presidential campaign spokesperson in a series of tweet on his twitter handle wrote: “The C of A decision is absurd. It is time for us to gut the PDP, leave its carcass for the treacherous mole called Sheriff and form a new party.”

Fani-Kayode, who dropped the hint while reacting to the Appeal Court’s earlier ruling affirming Sheriff as PDP Chairman, has earlier described the ruling as victory for President Muhammadu
Recall that the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State had earlier today ruled in favour of the former Borno State Governor.
A three-man panel of judges in a unanimous decision agreed that the former Borno State Governor is the authentic National Chairman of the party.
Following the ruling, the Makarfi’s faction of the former ruling party disclosed that it would be heading for the Supreme court to contest the judgement