Sheriff wants court to jail Makarfi for parading as national officer of PDP

Ali Modu Sheriff, who, on February 17, was declared the authentic chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt, to jail Senator Ahmed Makarfi, for flouting its judgment and parading himself as national officer of the party.

In suit number FHC/ PH/CS/524/16, Sheriff asked the court to commit four persons namely Ahmed Makarfi, Ben Obi, Dayo Adeyeye and Femi Fani-Kayode to prison for one year for being in contempt of the Appeal Court judgment.

Also listed were Jerry Ghana, Emeka Ihedioha, Wale Jibrin and Bode George.

The suit was filed by Ali Modu Sheriff and Wale Oladipo who signed an affidavit in support of the claims.

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The claims read in part: “Soon after the judgment was delivered, the alleged contemnors proceeded to address the media and to comment negatively, contemptuously, disparagingly and contumeliously on the findings and order of the court set out above.”
It added, “Rather than accept that the justice of the matter as determined by this honourable court was as expressed in the findings, holdings and order set out above, the 4th to 8th Alleged Contemnors made statements encouraging the 1st to 3rd respondents to defy the order of the court and flout the purpose of the court’s judgment delivered on the 17th of February 2017.”

Listed as defendants in the case are the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Inspector-General of Police and the Department of State Services.

Ripples Nigeria gathered that Markarfi’s group, may have filed an application seeking for stay of execution of the judgment and leave for appeal.

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