Ahmed Markafi, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s National Caretaker Committee, on Wednesday, urged the newly appointed Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to order the arrest and prosecution of the factional chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, and Matthew Iduoriyekemwen.

According to a statement signed by Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the spokesperson of the caretaker committee, Sheriff should be arrested for disobeying a court order.

The committee chairman stated this while reacting to Sheriff’s declaration of Iduoriyekemwen as the governorship candidate of the Party for the forthcoming governorship election in Edo.

Markafi questioned whether Sheriff, an In-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, is above the law, noting that the factional chairman of the party was flagrantly disobeying the laws of Nigeria without sanction.

He said, “We are shocked at the attitude of Sheriff who has become an authority in the country with flagrant disobedience of the Nigerian Constitution, the Electoral Act and the PDP constitution without being arrested or detained by security agencies.

“Is he above the law, if we may ask?”

Markafi said that the ruling of Justice Abdullah Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on the 4th of July, 2016 was superior to the rulings and other motions obtained by Sheriff and his supporters.

He said “We are calling on the Police to do the needful by arresting Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, his co-travelers and Iduoriyekemwen for disobeying Court Judgment.”

Sheriff, reacting to Markafi’s call for his arrest, said that the PDP caretaker chairman was asking for the impossible.

This was contained in a statement signed by the National Secretary of his faction of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo.

The statement reads in part, “It is wishful thinking of the group, but it won’t happen. They know that we have court orders that say our candidates should be accepted by the INEC.

“Whatever they are saying, they should wait for the Court of Appeal to decide. Without that, they are wasting their time. I only wish that they are not out to destroy the party.”