PDP: Sheriff insists he won’t run for chairman, says it’s for South

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has emphasised that he has no intension to contest for the chairmanship position of the party during its coming national convention.

According to Sheriff, the chairmanship position of the party has already been zoned to the South hence, there was no way he would be contesting for the position since he is from the North.

“The chairmanship will not come to the North, not to talk of me contesting,” he said.

The PDP national chairman made this known on Monday when he addressed newsmen in Abuja, adding that as soon as the convention committee is constituted, it will spell out among the three geo-political zones in the South, which would produce the national chairman.

When asked if he would be contesting the 2019 presidential election he said, “Every position I have occupied, God made it possible. I am a firm believer in the will of God. I told you I will not run for chairmanship position. I didn’t tell you any other thing. The rest, we leave to God.

He further said that while he was going to quit as the party chairman after the convention, members of his National Working Committee (NWC) who wish to contest for any position at the convention have nothing stopping them.

Sheriff, who hinted that he has been in serious consultation with key stakeholders in the party, promised that the party’s national convention, would hold in respect to the recommendations of the Governor Seriake Dickson’s Reconciliation Committee.

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He disclosed that he had already met with the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Walid Jibrin and is planning to meet in a short while with the National Assembly caucus.

On whether he has consulted with the chairman of the party’s caretaker committee Sheriff said, “I spoke with Makarfi and he said he will get back to me, but he has not.

“I wouldn’t know what is in their minds. But, from their statement, it is left for Nigerians to deduce what they are up to. We are not relenting. We will carry everybody that means well for the party along. We are on course. We will go on as planned”, he added.

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