Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has revealed the reason why he chose to stay away from the expanded caucus meeting held by the party on Monday night.
Speaking on his absence from the meeting which had notable PDP chieftains in attendance including the former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and held at the PDP secretariat on Monday night, the former National Charmian of the party noted that he was not in the country.
Recall that the meeting which had past and serving state governors, past and current members of the National Assembly along with the women wings of the party was devoid of the former party leader and his loyal members.
Revealing that he did not get an invitation to the meeting following the announcement of Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee as the rightful leader of the party by the Supreme Court, Ali Modu Sheriff said in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Honourable Bernard Mikko, “Senator Modu Sheriff was neither in the country nor invited to the assemblage at Wadata Plaza yesterday evening.
However, he will address a world press conference to throw light on the way forward after we have received and studied the full judgment of the Supreme Court and analyzed its import on our democracy.
“We therefore appeal to all our loyal supporters nationwide not to defect as we are still committed to bringing the party back to the grassroots. We assure them that we will not only give them a voice, but they will also be heard.”
The statement further added: “We will collaborate with global anti-corruption networks to bring all corrupt politicians in Nigeria to book, including PDP members having criminal cases bordering on dishonesty and malfeasance.
Never again will corrupt politicians use the platform of our major political institutions to stardom. The party is for all and no one’s enterprise as government is conceived as an administrative state where dishonest politicians bask in democratic corruption.”