The Peoples Democratic Party has fired its national chairman, Modu Sheriff, and has appointed an interim party executive led by a former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi.
A former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, was also appointed interim secretary of the party.
The caretaker committee will pilot the affairs of the party for three months, our sources said.
The PDP took the decision on Saturday as part of efforts to resolve the crises the party is facing, party officials told PREMIUM TIMES.
Meanwhile, the party’s scheduled national convention in Port Harcourt was cancelled, as a faction of the party conducted a parallel convention in Abuja same day.
“The convention is not holding. Our leaders have been meeting since early in the morning and they finally resolved that the convention should be shelved until the court order issued is vacated, “a delegate to the convention told PREMIUM TIMES.
He also said some of the leaders of the party expressed the view that “efforts should be made to resolve all differences with the Jerry Gana group before a fresh national convention is held”.
Our source added that the leadership which comprised of PDP governors and other eminent members of PDP agreed to name an interim committee to replace the National Working Committee, pending the election of new NWC members.


Another source present at the high-powered meeting that was convened at the office of Governor Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt said members resolved to make Mr. Markafi the chairman of the caretaker committee while Mr. Obi would function as secretary of the party.
“Governor Fayose said Sheriff should leave for a new caretaker chairman to take over, but Governor Wike said Sheriff should not be disgraced out of office just like that that they should let him be chairman of the caretaker. The governors rejected Mr. Wike’s suggestion,” the source said.
The source said there will be representatives of the six geopolitical zones in the caretaker committee, too.
“Sheriff was not happy with the development. In fact, he had to storm out of the venue of the meeting, angrily,” the source said.
He said the meeting was attended by most of the party’s serving and former governors, senators and honourable members as well as some members of the board of trustees.

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Kikikikikikikiki...Double wahala for PDP!

wahala

better, I love Makarfi

APC have no party ideology...PDP lack unity .Our political system has completely crashed.

Yeye party. The party must fall.

dimieprincess:
better, I love Makarfi

but, but he is also abo.ki from the `born to rule northerners`

funny.

gwales:
but, but he is also abo.ki from the `born to rule northerners`

Who cares about where d person comes from? I voted for this useless Buhari because Jonathan na disease, but look at where it has landed us. All I need is someone that will be mostly accepted by Nigerians and not this slowpoke SAS

Power To The People

PDP never meant well for ordinary Nigerians except the polithieficians.

Nex month, they will also replace him with another Boko Haram. Ndi ara.

Happy

It is a PDP post but one thousand zombies have rushed to comment already.

Now tell me who the boss is?


PDP! Power To The People!!

Shameless Party

how does this lead to the reemployment of the 1.6 million Nigerians that lost their jobs?

Disunity in PDP, I don't see this party taking over from APC in 2019. We need a stronger opposition that has the interest of the masses at heart.

Wishing pdp what they wish themselves

Why this guys are always having problems

just watch oga sherrif decamp to another party.

dat guy has not political ideology. one politician with one of the highest decamping tendencies

party when favour der interest, na dat one be good party


in other news, PDP is not pulling their weight as opposition at all


with this consistent recycling of old politicians, how would Nigeria get better

what has happened to HOPE party and the others

of the 170 million is der nobody who can come out except these usual suspects?!

is it either APC or PDP. either garri or akpu?

One step forward.....

Wike machinations done fail.He thinks national politics is like that of rivers state. E go soon clear am for eyes.

So PDP haven't learnt their lessons from the 2015 election defeat?

Recircle unpatriotic elements.

Good move.

Enemies of Nigeria. All their atrocities of the last 16 years are coming back to haunt them

May God put confusion wherever your enemies are gathered just like we are seeing with the current PDP

pinkyliceous:
It is a PDP post but one thousand APC members have rushed to comment already.
Now tell me who is the boss?
PDP! Power To The People!!

Abeg who discharge this one from Yaba left?

Turned out not to be Peter Obi but Sen Ben Obi, Premiumtimes reporter was in hurry to publish the info that he couldn't get the real person.

op for your information, Ali modu sheriff was not sacked. he's still the party chairman. rather, a committee was formed to resolve the various issues affecting the party which have Ahmed makarfi as chairman and Sen Ben obi as Secretary. PDP is coming back like wild forest fire.

Am not a fan of pdp but dey need to put themselves together and stand firm as a viable opposition which is very important to keep APC on their toes.
That's how a good democracy thrives

PDP
FOR LOOTING OUR COMMON-WEALTH FOR THE PAST 16YRS..YOU SHALL NOT KNOW PEACE..

Makarfi appointment is already..DOA

Directionless party. I see three factions: Ahmed Markafi faction, Ali Modu Sherif faction and Jerry Gana faction.

This is a good move. I never liked Sheriff because of his links to Bokoharam.