PDP Crisis: I never apologized nor bowed to Sheriff – Markarfi 

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee, Ahmed Markarfi, on Tuesday denied apologising to Ali Modu Sheriff over the leadership crisis in the party.

Markarfi who was reacting to an online report that he had bowed to Sheriff after the former chairman took over office on Monday said such report was fraudulent.

Former national vice chairman of the PDP, South South zone, Cairo Ojougboh, had while speaking with newsmen referred to the online report.

Reacting however Markarfi said: “That’s very fraudulent. I saw him (Sheriff) at the convention of course, but I haven’t sat privately with Modu Sheriff in the last three months, or anybody representing him not to talk of me making such a statement.

“I haven’t granted any press statement. If that is the case, how can it be that the only statement I would make is to apologise to him and express support for him? There is no basis for that, absolutely no basis for that.

“This is what we are trying to get rid from PDP and all the so called court orders, judgment being bandied about aren’t really true. We know what the courts have said, the court never stopped any convention, of course it said do not elect and we didn’t elect and the order which was said to be vacated and that’s the Port Harcourt court order hasn’t been vacated and the IGP and INEC till today said it is an existing order.

“So, I really don’t know why they are spreading falsehood. All said and done, I still believe that the path towards resolving political problem is dialogue, accommodation and I am open to that.

“But as I am open to dialogue, accommodation so that we become one strong united family once again but it is very, very unfair to make a fraudulent statement that there is a document purported to have been issued by me. That never, ever happened and I never even dreamed about it not to talk of issuing it.”

 

OWEDE AGBAJILEKE