Former President Goodluck Jonathan has distanced himself from media report that he expressed support for Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In statement by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, the former President said that his meeting with Modu Sheriff was aimed at ensuring peace in the party, adding that he had earlier held similar meeting with Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of PDP and the Board of Trustees’ chairman of the party, Walid Jibrin after sheriff left his residence.
The statement stressed that Jonathan, as a former president and foremost leader of the party, welcomed Sheriff and some of his supporters to his house, in line with a mediation role he is playing towards unifying and strengthening the PDP.
“Indeed, it may interest you to know that after meeting with Sheriff, the former president also met with Senator Ahmed Makarfi, leader of the PDP caretaker committee, and the party’s board of trustees chairman, Senator Walid Jubril, later in the evening.
“As a peace-loving leader of the party, the former president’s interest is to help reposition PDP to enable it play a constructive role in the affairs of the nation, in view of the imperative of deepening the nation’s democracy.
“I wish to let those spinning this falsehood know that it just doesn’t add up to fly a contrived banner of endorsement in one breath, and in another, concede that the former president explained his commitment in meeting with different interest groups, towards resolving the differences in the party.” [myad]
