BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) – The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Saturday noted that the Court of Appeal ruling that affirmed him as the party’s leader does not call for merriment or mourning.
He declared that, “there was no victor and no vanquished”, asserting that he will work to restore the lost glory of the PDP.
Sheriff was declared the legitimate chairman of the PDP by the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. He defeated a factional chairman of the main opposition party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
Reacting to the judgment in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday, Sheriff said the judgement is an opportunity for a “sincere renewal” of a sense of unity and fraternity within the ranks of party members.
“No doubt, we have come a long and tortuous road, wherein some of us have been bruised or out rightly wounded and are hurting. I understand also, that for some of us, our ego has been agitated.
“Yet, I dare say that we can put all of that behind us and come together with one accord and move our great party, the Peoples‘ Democratic Party, PDP, forward,” he said.
The PDP chairman maintained that he would do everything within his powers to bring lasting peace to the PDP, adding that “It is not about me or any ambition, it is about the survival of our great party
“On this score. I can assure you that I shall be willing to make any sacrifice that can guarantee peace in our party.
“Let us be my certain about this, no person or group, no matter how powerful can do it alone. We need all hands on deck to rekindle the winning fire in PDP.
“Divided, we can achieve little or nothing. But united, we can stand like the impregnable Glam Rock and no weapon fashioned against us can prevail,” he said.
The former Borno governor said the PDP, which held power for 16 years before losing to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015, still has a great future and he will work towards that.
“I see a very great future for our great party, PDP. Our people are already looking forward to the return of the glorious days of a PDP government, when the net worth of life was worthy of human dignity.
“We cannot afford to disappoint the teeming majority of Nigerians who are looking up to us at this despondent hour of our politics and economy.
“How can we meet their expectations if we remain fragmented and disunited? We must therefore, rise to the occasion and come together as one strong united family,” Sheriff said.
