Senator Ali modu sheriff
The National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Modu Sheriff, has intensified efforts to retain his
office as the party prepares for its national convention which holds on
May 21 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Our correspondent gathered that Sheriff,
apart from having a series of meetings with different interest groups
within the party, he might have also bought vehicles to ease the
movement of his campaign team for the exalted position. One of the vehicles, a Honda SUV, was seen at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
The vehicle was fully branded in the party’s colours of green, white and red, with Sheriff’s picture on it.
Workers at the party’s secretariat
trooped out to take a glimpse at the vehicle, just as they (workers)
discussed the matter in different groups.
While some were of the opinion that he
should not take part as a candidate at the convention, a few others said
he could contest if the zoning committee zoned the office to the
North-East where he hails from.
Sheriff was a former governor of Borno State and a member of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party.
He joined the members of the party and those of other political parties to form the All Progressives Congress.
He left the APC when he was lured to the PDP by former President Goodluck Jonathan when the latter was running for second term.
Before he was lured into the PDP,
Sheriff was said to be having problems with the national leadership of
the APC as he was allegedly not being carried along on decisions taken
in the party.
A PDP governor, who spoke on condition
of anonymity with our correspondent on Sunday, accused the former
governor of always working for the ruling party even when he was in the
opposition.
For example, he said Sheriff worked for
former President Olusegun Obasanjo and did the same thing for the late
Umaru Yar’Adua and Jonathan who were all in the PDP against the
presidential candidates of his then party (the ANPP).
The governor then said nothing had
changed to show that Sheriff would not do the same if voted as the next
chairman of the party.
Credit: PUNCH NEWSPAPER.
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