By Sarah Okunbor
The Senator Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Commitee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised its members to use other platforms to contest the forthcoming Local Government election in different states.
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The National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye made this known on Tuesday morning to douse the tension of the instruction.
Explaining what gave way to the development, Adeyeye explained that it would help avoid a repetition of what happened Edo and Ondo gubernatorial election where the authentic candidate for the party became a misery due to the division in the party.
The party also pointed out that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is doing everything within his power to get a grip of the party by creating faction offices in different states.
Pending the outcome of the Supreme Court, Modu Sheriff remained the authentic PDP National Chairman as declared by the Apeal court.
Adeyeye said “However, while we await the verdict of the Supreme Court, we are confronted with with pending local government, National and State Assembly by-elections in many states of the federation. Since the Platform of our great party, the PDP is currently in dispute, we recognize the anxiety of our patriotic and loyal members to avoid a repeat of the Edo and Ondo Gubernatorial Elections experience where Senator Ali modu Sheriff and his co travelers tried to scuttle the chances of our members by fielding APC lackeys and surrogates as alternative candidates in other to disturb, distract and dissipate the energy and concentration of our genuine candidates in those elections. It is indisputable that this was the main reason for our defeat particularly in the Ondo Governorship Election. That was why we deliberately decided not to run parallel congresses in Anambra State in order not to subject our Party members in that State to the agony of a disputed platform.
“In the circumstances and with no hope of the Ali Modu Sheriff problem abating before the Supreme Court judgement, we are left with no choice than to consider ways by which our members will not be disenfranchised in these elections. However our position is not to choose a platform for any state where true PDP candidates are denied the opportunity to stand for the elections. State Chapters are allowed to take any decision they consider appropriate.
“The National Caretaker Committee is working with all the Organs of the Party, the BoT, the National Caucus, NEC, PDP Governors Forum, PDP State Chairmen Forum, PDP Ministers Forum, the Youths and Women Groups and other relevant bodies to pursue the Appeal filed at the Supreme Court to its logical conclusion. We have a good Case and our ground of Appeal is solid. We believe ultimately that justice will be served on the leadership issues in our Party and we are also confident that the Judiciary will continue to remain independent, unbiased and neutral.
“It is important to state at this point that Senator Sheriff and his cohorts have been creating factional chapters in different states of the federation in order to compromise our chances in the Local Government Elections.”
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