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An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday declared Senator Ali Modu Sheriff the substantive Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party.
In their rulings, three judges, Justice B.G. Sanga and Justice A.A. Gumel delivered judgement in favour of Senator Ali Modu faction while Justice T.S. Orji-Abadua ruled in favour of the Makarfi-led faction.
At least, four lower courts of concurrent jurisdiction had given conflicting judgements on the controversy surrounding the leadership of PDP, a development landed the matter at the Appeal Court.
In his ruling, Justice Sanga, who gave the lead judgement, said the party did not comply with its constitution in removing the executive of the PDP led by Sheriff.
Sanga maintained that a vote of confidence might be moved on any officer, but a two-month notice should be provided to the secretariat of the party, which would in turn circulate it to all members of the party.
He submitted that the PDP did not comply with the provisions of Article 47(3) of its constitution in the removal of the Sherrif-led working committee, maintaining that the national working committee was not put on notice.
According to him, “A vote of confidence may be moved on any officer, but in doing that, a two-month notice shall be provided to the secretariat of the party, which shall also be circulated.
“The way the (Sheriff) executive on May 21, 2016, showed that the party’s constitution was not complied with.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the 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.
However, spokesperson of the Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee, Dayo Adeyeye in his reaction to the judgement, said ‘it is fight to finish’