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Why we rejected Sheriff as party chairman – PDP govs
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have explained why they withdrew their support for Senator Ali Modu Sheriff at the aborted Port Harcourt convention after giving him the assurance that he had their support.
The PDP Governors Forum after a meeting on Thursday, united to insist that it would not recognise Senator Sheriff, who is insisting on remaining the party’s chairman against all odds.
The party has ever since the chairmanship tussle threatening its unity, engaged in several meetings aimed at solving the problems.
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Among such meetings was the one comprising the governors and Board of Trustee members held at the Ondo State governors lodge in Abuja, after supporters of the anti and pro Sheriff groups besieged the party’s secretariat yesterday.
Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State governor and a once staunch supporter of Mr Sheriff’s ambition of becoming the party’s substantive chairman said the reason they turned their back against Sheriff was because they were against “anything that will make Sheriff turn such an opportunity into telling us that he wants to become President of Nigeria.
“After caretaker, we intend to make sure we support you to be substantive chairman and you’re promising people everywhere that they should come and be your vice president, I can’t be part of it.”
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