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Factional Chairman of the PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff, has reacted to the recent cancellation of the party's convention and the decisions made during a NEC meeting that was convened afterwards.
According to Sheriff, the new caretaker committee formed during the meeting with Ahmed Makarfi as its chairman is null and void. He says he is the only person with the power to convene a NEC meeting.
In a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, Sheriff said, “The said meeting breached Section 31(4) of the PDP constitution. The Section provides that it’s only the National Chairman who can convene a NEC meeting after giving two weeks notice to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“Even in an emergency situation, one week notice must be given to the National Chairman who has the sole responsibility to convene the NEC. It is sad that in the face of obvious disregard to court orders which halted the convention, some individuals are bent on perpetrating impunity by taking steps to install another contraption on the PDP”.
He added that the decisions taken by the party in Port Harcourt would not be binding on members and cannot stand in law.
The Nation
According to Sheriff, the new caretaker committee formed during the meeting with Ahmed Makarfi as its chairman is null and void. He says he is the only person with the power to convene a NEC meeting.
In a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, Sheriff said, “The said meeting breached Section 31(4) of the PDP constitution. The Section provides that it’s only the National Chairman who can convene a NEC meeting after giving two weeks notice to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“Even in an emergency situation, one week notice must be given to the National Chairman who has the sole responsibility to convene the NEC. It is sad that in the face of obvious disregard to court orders which halted the convention, some individuals are bent on perpetrating impunity by taking steps to install another contraption on the PDP”.
He added that the decisions taken by the party in Port Harcourt would not be binding on members and cannot stand in law.
The Nation
