Confusion continued to reign within the ranks of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the National Caretaker Committee, Tuesday accused the ousted national chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, of acting a script by APC government.
Mr. Sheriff had stormed the PDP secretariat on Monday with thousands of his supporters saying a court had recognized him as the chairman of the party.
The former Borno governor, who announced plans for the forthcoming Edo state election and the appointment of a committee for that purpose, also resumed duties at the Wadata Plaza on Tuesday.
However, the spokesperson for the Makarfi committee, Dayo Adeyeye, addressed a press conference on Tuesday at the residence of one of the members of the Committee, Abdul Ningi, in Abuja said Mr. Sheriff was working for the APC to destabilize the PDP.
“The All progressive Congress, APC, has contracted Sheriff and his cohorts to scuttle the chances of the PDP in the Edo governorship elections.
“We have credible intelligence that Sheriff had a meeting on Sunday night with an APC governor from the South West, where it was agreed that he would be given full security and financial support to exacerbate the crisis in the PDP with the objective of preventing our party from presenting a candidate for the Edo governorship elections,” he said.
He also said Mr. Sheriff has the mandate to ensure that ‘in the very least’ the PDP is prevented from offering a serious challenge to the APC.
Mr. Adeyeye however, said, the PDP “will take all necessary measures to prevent the party from being hijacked by political merchants”.
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