By Ehi Ekhator
Nigerian former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has described the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as evil, adding that no good could come out of him.
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The former Minister also took a swipe at anyone who would rally support for the party Chairman, describing such person “a simpleton and a fool”.
Fani-Kayode as one of those who never supported the idea of Sheriff chairmanship, mouth-punched the National Chairman for using the Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike to get into power.
The aggrieved former Minister recalled that Fayose and Wike were those who brought in Sheriff and also convinced many members of the PDP to support him.
Fani-Kayode said “Those that say that they will work with Ali Modu Sheriff are misguided and naive. Worse still anyone that calls for members of the PDP to rally behind him and recognise him as our National Chairman is a simpleton and a fool.
“I say this because the man is evil: he is an agent of destruction and no good can come out of him. I was the first to see him for what he was and I said so publicly. Then came the PDP Ministers Forum who also stood their ground. At first no-one believed us until eventually 90 per cent of our party members lined up behind those of us that opposed Sheriff and that supported Makarfi.
“I read his insulting comments about Fayose and Wike and I laughed. Are these not the very same people that brought him in the first place and convinced others in the PDP Governor’s Forum to support him? Now he has finished using them to get what he wanted he is insulting them and saying that they must be kicked out of the party and dealt with.
“I say shame on him because that will never happen. Fayose particularly has proved his worth to Nigeria and Wike has stood firm and strong in defence of his people and state. They are both lions and I am proud to stand with them and Makarfi.
“Sheriff is nothing but a traitor who is biting the fingers that fed him. Fayose is one million times the man he is. As a matter of fact so are almost all the governors and other party leaders. Sheriff comes nowhere near any of us in any shape or form.
“Only a blind, deaf and dumb simpleton or prancing village idiot would line up behind a man with such filthy and evil antecedents. This is a man whose fundamental purpose and ambition in life is to sell the PDP down the river and to help the ruling APC and the Buhari government to destroy us and win the presidential election in 2019.
“Sheriff is the Angel of Death to the PDP. He is worse than the bubonic plague: not only is he a curse to our party but he is also an affliction to our nation. I stand with Ahmed Makarfi and our Caretaker Commitee and unless and until the Supreme Court says so he remains our National Chairman”
There has been several reactions from PDP chieftains since the Appeal court affirmed Sheriff as the authentic PDP Chairman.
NAIJA CENTER NEWS had reported yesterday, the call made by the lawmaker representing Bayelsa east senatorial district, Ben Murray Bruce, to work with Sheriff in order to save PDP from self destruction.
Ben-Bruce described the division in the party as childish and irrelevant, adding that he was no longer in support of litigation.
“Concerning the PDP, the current bickering is childish and irrelevant. I am not in support of anymore litigation. We will work with Ali Modu Sheriff and go to a convention. Right now, PDP is on a course towards destruction and abiding by the judgement of the court is the only thing that can save us. In the first place, it is never the job of the judiciary to choose the leader of a party.
“I therefore call an end to the fighting. And I am supporting Ali Modu Sheriff because it is the only way to preserve the party. Right now, what Nigeria has is a one-party state – there is no opposition. Enough is enough. This is the time for PDP to unite, we are a formidable force,” The lawmaker stressed.
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