Bloody Commotion As Modu-Sheriff Pulls Down PDP National Secretariat Building, Escapes With All Important Documents

                        
                           

The Ahmed Markafi Faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff of illegally and forcefully gaining entry into the National Secretariat building of the party, on Thursday night, with the intention to steal vital documents.

Recall, that the Police on Thursday, had reopened the National Secretariat for the embattled National Chairman Ali Modu-Sheriff, for his victory at the Court of Appeal.

Sheriff, accompanied by some members of his National Working Committee, NWC, and a retinue of Aides and supporters, arrived at the Secretariat at 6 pm.

The Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal, last Friday, pronounced Sheriff as the authentic Chairman of the party.

                    

Consequently, the Makarfi camp has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Appellate Court.

Reacting, a statement by the Spokesman of the Makarfi Faction, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said:

“As far as we are concerned, the forcible entry of Ali Modu-Sheriff and his team into the party Secretariat is illegal and most unwelcomed.

“We say this because the keys to the Secretariat are with the Board of Trustees (BoT), and we have checked with them, and can confirm that the keys were not handed over to Sheriff or any of his followers.

“The implication of this was that he broke into the Secretariat, which is a criminal offence.

“We also expected that Modu-Sheriff should have waited for the conclusion of the appeal we filed at the Supreme Court, before he forced himself in, just like we held on when we got court judgement favouring us last year.

“We are condemning his action in totality, and we view it as an affront on the rule of law.

“Given his act of illegality, we stated clearly that he should be held responsible for any loss of documents or damage to the property within the party secretariat.

“The administrative staff as accounting officers was not around to see the event happen, and as the custodians of the property of the party, they refused to participate in the illegal entry made by Ali Modu-Sheriff.

“His action is provocative and is capable of causing another round of crisis in the party.

“We advise him in his own interest, to vacate the Secretariat immediately.

“We also call on authorities of the Nigerian Police, to prevent chaos by flushing Ali Modu-Sheriff and his team out of the PDP Secretariat and let all parties wait for the judgement of the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the land.”