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Sequel to Wednesday’s Supreme Court affirming Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the the authentic chair of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it is not threatened as the PDP remains a discredited party before Nigerians who kicked them (PDP) out of power in 2015.
This was revealed by National Vice-Chairman (North-East), of the party, Alhaji Mustapha Salihu at the national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
The party chieftain said it didn’t matter who led the PDP, the party, as a platform, had lost credibility.
Salihu added, “You assume that it is about Ali Modu Sheriff and Makarfi or anybody else? It is not so. The issue is this, what you look at is the party as an institution.
“This is an institution that institutionalised corruption. This is an institution that destroyed our infrastructure. This is an institution that distroyed our security. We are not threatened by anybody that is left of that institution.”
However, the Organising Secretary of the PDP in the South-West, Mr. Fasiu Bakene, described the judgment as a good foundation for democracy.
Bakene stated, “The Supreme Court’s judgment today is a clear and solid foundation for the sustenance of democratic rule in Nigeria.
“With this judgment, the Senator Ahmed Makarfi caretaker committee should immediately put the PDP in its rightful position of giving good governance to Nigerians irrespective of tribe, religion or political affiliation.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Supreme Court on Wednesday sacked Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff who had hitherto held sway as the party’s chairman. The court reinstated Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic and recognised chairman.
It is however hoped that the judgement will put an end to the lingering leadership crisis that has rocked the party since 2015 when it lost control of the central government.