SAN FRANCISCO, January 10, (THEWILL) – The Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that it will not proceed to the Supreme Court, if the Appeal Court rules against the faction with regard to the pending case before the court over the leadership crisis rocking the party.
The deputy national chairman of the Sheriff-led PDP, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, stated this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists, describing the case pending at the appellate court as the mother of all cases in the leadership dispute that his faction is embroiled in with the PDP led by Ahmed Makarfi.
According to him, “We agreed with stakeholders that whatever the outcome of the appeal, nobody should appeal against it. For us we will accept it, everybody should accept it. After the court judgment, all of us will sit again to discuss.
“It is obvious that the Port Harcourt judgment will be the deciding factor. Anybody who will go ahead after the judgment, it is up to him. We are in discussion with organs of the party, whatever the outcome; nobody will go to the Supreme Court.
“We are discussing with organs of the party, whatever the decision of the appeal court, we will manage it as it is and move on. If we lose at the appeal court will not go to Supreme Court.”
On whether there was a written agreement considering that previous reconciliation moves had collapsed, Ojougboh said, “I am a grandfather I don’t have any reason to lie. When I tell you that that is the situation, we will corporate and make it happen”.
He described the anticipated judgment of the Court of Appeal as the “only precursor to peace”, but added that, “We don’t recognise the Sen Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee”.
The deputy national chairman expressed optimism that the expected landmark judgment of the Appeal Court will alter Nigeria’s politics, stressing that the era where people sack party chairmen is over.
He said, “If not for crisis in PDP, by now the APC chairman would have gone. But because they know they can no longer connect you with the chairman of the party. To that extent we have returned the party to the people.
“The people are with us. All the governors are with us but for three or four governors. We must rescue the party from the oppressors.”
