The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff has said that both governors Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and Nyeson Wike of Rivers have brought shame to the party, vowing to shut them out of any responsible positions in the party in future.
Speaking against the background of the Friday court of appeal judgment which confirmed him as authentic chairman of the PDP, Senator Sheriff vowed to put in place machinery that would not give room to people like Wike and Fayose in any future arrangement in the party.
“I will engineer a restructuring of PDP such that characters like Wike and Fayose cannot find a way through to attain any position of prominence in our party in the future.
“They have brought shame and agony through the application of their crude and godless politics which is at variance with the principles upon which our founding fathers built our great party.
“We must find a way to sieve things so that only men of character and integrity can come through for positions of responsibility at all levels of our political engagement in the country.
“We must urgently steer the ship of PDP clear of the path of infamy which Wike and Fayose has brought our party, making Nigerians to mistaken PDP as a training ground for thugs. That is the urgent task we have. We cannot continue to advertise thug brand and expect Nigerians to take us seriously.”
Meanwhile, Modu Sheriff to organize a national convention of the PDP within the shortest time, saying that the convention was imperative as it would enable interested party members to aspire for positions.
He said that he is not interested to be chairman of the party, but is more interested in reuniting the members and make sure that the party has credible leaders, who would make it win the 2019 elections.
He said that following the judgment, he had received many telephone calls from PDP leaders and that he had also reached out to many persons over the unity of the party.
“All the leaders of the party will be consulted between now and the next one week and we will come out with a firm roadmap that will lead to successful convention. I can assure you that within the shortest possible time we will organize a successful national convention so that people can aspire for whatever positions they want.
“Regarding the ruling of the Appeal Court on Friday, I want to assure you that nobody is victor and no one is a loser. In fact, I have spoken to almost all the people that are affected by the court decision and assured them of my readiness to work with them to ensure that the party returns as one family.” [myad]
