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The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said Senator Ahmed Makarfi remains the authentic chairman of the party regardless of Friday’s Appeal Court ruling.
Fayose said this at the stakeholders meeting convened by the Ahmed Makarfi led faction of the party.
He also warned the Nigeria Police Force, NPF and other sister security agencies to stop disrupting venues of the party events to avoid unrest in the country.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that following the judgement of the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday declaring Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff as the recognized chairman of the party, the Makarfi led faction convened a stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold on Monday (today) at the International Conference Centre, ICC in Abuja but the venue was barricaded by officials of the Nigeria Police Force before party leaders could get there.
The meeting was however reconvened to hold at the lodge of the Ekiti State governor in Abuja.
Fayose said he warned Nigerians against voting in the All Progressives Congress, APC but was tagged as a bad person because he always speaks the truth.
“I warned Nigerians against voting in President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC candidates in general but they didn’t listen. They called me all sorts of names but I am not bothered. I will keep saying my mind and nobody can intimidate me. Now that they have voted in the APC, look at what they have turned our beloved nation to within a space of just two years. It is really unfortunate but we still on ground to win back the presidency come 2019″.
Fayose also said despite torrents of phone calls he had received to settle with the Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff faction, the Makarfi faction of the party will contest the Appeal Court ruling at the Supreme Court.
Also speaking, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State advised party members not to be discouraged by what is happening in the country. He said despite intimidations, the party should be resolute in its pursuit of good governance to the people. He said that the PDP is on ground to win elections in virtually all the states of the federation as Nigerians have learnt their lessons from the 2015 elections.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Governors Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State), Nyesom Wike (Rivers State), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa State) all made it to the meeting. The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, Senator Ben Obi, Chief Bode George, and other important party chieftains made it to the stakeholders meeting.