BEVERLY HILLS, February 22, (THEWILL) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, has promised to quit his position after convening the party’s national convention where a new set of leaders would emerge.
Sheriff made this known on Wednesday, in Abuja, while receiving the South West zonal leaders of the party who paid him a solidarity visit but did not state a possible date for the convention.
He pleaded with the Makarfi led caretaker committee, the party’s governors and other stakeholders to allow peace in the PDP, asking them to wait for the convention to enable them change the present leadership.
“I am not here to remain as national chairman. I will be leaving as soon as we hold our national convention to elect a new set of leaders for the PDP,” he said.
“I will make sure that we do a credible convention and that we elect leaders that are accepted by the grassroots, that is our mission. I will do that by the grace of God.”
“If you like and you want to change something, wait for the convention and vote for the person you like. Nigerians and the world will see that you are validly elected by the PDP.
“The governors are very important, they are leaders of this party by their own right. They don’t have to divide the party,” he stated urging the party’s governors not to divide the party with their actions and utterances.
Sheriff specifically begged Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State to respect the party, warning that prosperity would judge the governor by his utterances.
