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The Peoples' Democratic Party is heading to a final break up with the latest decision of the Makarfi led faction to register a new party and isolate Sheriff and his supporters.
INEC yesterday confirmed receipt of the application believed to have come from supporters of Senator Ahmed Makarfi,Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the PDP.
Following the submission of the application to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registration of a new party named Advanced Peoples Democratic Party by the Makarfi faction reports by The Nation says anxiety has hit the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
The Sheriff camp is kicking against the formation of the new
party which it perceives as a threat.
Some PDP members loyal to the Ahmed Makarfi camp had
wondered whether it might not be better for them to abandon the party for Sheriff and his supporters in the
aftermath of the recent verdict of the Court of Appeal recognising Sheriff as
the rightful chairman of the party.
The court also sacked the Caretaker Committee headed by
Makarfi.
The Deputy National Chairman to Sheriff, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh,
yesterday called moves to register the
Advanced PDP as Advanced Free Fraud.
Contacted yesterday on the Advanced PDP application, INEC’s
spokesman, Mr. Nick Dazang said:”The Commission has received not less than 70
applications from associations seeking registration and it is processing them.
“The association you mentioned must be one of them.”
However, Dazang did not disclose the criteria to be used or
the faction’s chance of succeeding.
The Nation gathered that some members of the Makarfi faction
of the PDP are trying to convince others of the need to form a new political
party.
“Right from the beginning, Sheriff was a big mistake; he did
eight years as governor on a party platform opposed to PDP and he has never
been known for the kind of brotherly compromise that our people are expecting,
“ a PDP chieftain said yesterday in Abuja.
In a telephone chat yesterday, Dr. Ojougboh
said :”The PDP is a lawful franchise and we won’t associate with fraud.”
He asked PDP members
and the general public not to “have anything to do with the so called Advanced
PDP.”
Attempts to get the reaction of the spokesman of the Ahmed
Makarfi led Caretaker Committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye proved abortive.
Our correspondent’s repeated calls to his mobile telephone
line did not connect and he did not reply to the SMS message in respect of the
matter.
Source: The Nation
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