PDP CRISIS: Markarfi faction calls Sheriff group ‘pigs in the mud’ over accusations against Jonathan

Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the party members led by the national chairman of PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, as “pigs in the mud” that have no “qualms in dragging decent people into the pit”.

The group was reacting to an allegation by the Sheriff faction that former President Goodluck Jonathan collected N50million from Wike to organise last week’s stakeholders meeting to reconcile warring factions of the PDP.

At a media briefing on Thursday, Sheriff through his deputy, Cairo Ojougboh, told newsmen in Abuja that Jonathan was hired and given N50million by Wike to organise and scuttle the peace process in the party started by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State peace committee.

However, reacting in Abuja on Friday, the Makarfi group’s spokesperson, Prince Dayo Adeyeye accused Sheriff and his faction of being uncharitable to concoct deliberate falsehood targeted at denting the character and public perception of Jonathan.

Adeyeye said, “These people are pigs in the mud and they have no qualms in dragging decent people into the pit. Our first reaction after reading the concoction put together by Cairo Ojugboh was to ignore him since he is not an officer of the PDP.

“But ignoring him may send wrong signal to the unsuspecting members of the public and members of our party, hence the need for this clarification.

“For the record, the last stakeholders meeting convened and chaired by former President Jonathan was not sponsored or organised by Governor Wike or Fayose as alleged by Mr. Cairo Ojugboh,” he said.

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Adeyeye explained that the need for the meeting was reached at the home of a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Aliyu Gusau in the presence of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Professor Wale Oladipo, Senator David Mark, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Senator Ben Obi

He said, “Gen. Gusau and Senator Mark were mandated in that meeting to approach the former President to convene an all-inclusive meeting of stakeholders in order to chart a way forward for a lasting peace in the party.”

He further described the accusation of Jonathan and Wike as “another high point of rascality by the Sheriff renegade group and we have been reliably informed that the latest accusation against the Judiciary is part of their calculated and clandestine plot to blackmail the Justices of the Supreme Court.

“They did the same to the Justices of the Special Appeal panels during the Ondo State governorship election case when the panel, led by Justice Sankey was falsely accused of collecting over N200million from former Gov. Olusegun Mimiko in November 2016.

“We believe the Judiciary and indeed all Nigerians are taking note of the antecedents of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Co. as we urge the Judiciary not to ignore such weighty allegations by this irritant group”.

 

 

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