that until the party caretaker committee members led by
Ahmed Makarfi resign, the party cannot be at peace. He
said this while speaking with some PDP members in Abia
state yesterday July 18th.
According to Sheriff, these are the conitions he set at a
meeting he had with some governors and leaders of the
party in Abuja last week.
"I told them that the convention should hold in Abuja
away from Port Harcourt. These are the conditions
to be met before I would speak to members of my
National Working Committee. People are very
interested in our party and how the impasse will be
settled. Yes we have met, and issues were
discussed, but all the issues I put forward for them
was for the Makarfi Caretaker Committee to resign.
Since it is an aberration as far as our party
constitution is concerned, I told them that I am not
ready to be a permanent chairman but I want the
party to be placed in proper stead. If he resigns
tomorrow, I will ask the members of my NWC
whose tenure still lasts to 2018, including myself,
and set up a Convention Committee in Abuja. In that
convention, I will give away my mandate that will not
expire until 2018. But until then, I remain the national
chairman of this party until 2018. If the leaders of
our party felt that we can find a solution without
exhausting the Court then I am open to it we can
find a political solution. Nothing like what has been
reported. If you do not stand on the truth, the end
result will be a serious distraction. The convention
committee that we will do, I will nominate the
chairman 10 people, and the Makarfi group will
present 10 people and plan a convention that will
take place in Abuja"he said
