The selection of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as Substantive National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party is causing ripples and wranglings among the leaders and chieftains of the opposition party.
Although Sheriff’s selection was announced on Wednesday, February 16, members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) and ministers who served under the last administration, have raised a committee to meet with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to take a stand on the matter.
Jonathan is expected to be given a deadline of March- to reject the choice of Sheriff, else, prepare for a mass exit of the party’s members.
According to The Nation, the former ministers will meet with Jonathan ans intimate him of the implications of picking Sheriff to lead the PDP.
A source was quoted to have said: “We have asked a team to meet Jonathan and draw his attention to the grave implications of having Sheriff as PDP national chairman.”
“We believe the ex-President was ill-informed. We want Jonathan to withdraw his backing so that Sheriff can step aside in March. We have weighed all options and the only midstream approach now is to prevail on Sheriff to complete Muazu’s tenure and quit in March. So Jonathan has to choose between the larger interest of the party and Sheriff.”
One of the former ministers, was also reported to have said: “Well, at our session, some of us made it known that we cannot even wait till the end of March to determine our stay in PDP. Once Sheriff is in charge, we will abandon PDP for another party.
“The truth is dawning even on some of the governors and NWC members that Sheriff’s selection was unpopular among Nigerians. We now have deficit in the opposition politics we are playing because we have to seek equity with clean hands. This is why he should step down in March.”
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