The Court of Appeal has declared Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the Peoples Democcratic Party (PDP)
The court sitting in sitting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, on Friday, February 17 declared that the decision taking at the May 21 Port-Harcourt convention as null and void, Tribune reports.
The three judges presiding over the case in a unanimous decision agreed that the Modu Sheriff is the chairman of the PDP.
This judgement will bring to an end the leadership crisis rocking the main opposition party, as both factional chairmen Senators Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff have both laid claim to be the authentic prepresentative of the party.
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Appeal court set to decide Makarfi, Sheriff’s fate
Makarfi and Sheriff have recorded judgment in many courts in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, but today’s judgment has put an end to the crisis, Daily Trust reports.
Both Chieftains of the party had at various times expressed readiness to abide by the outcome of the appeal court verdict with a view to bringing lasting peace in the party.
Recall that a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had last year gave legitimacy to Makarfi as the chairman of the party, while another court of coordinate jurisdiction in Abuja, headed by Justice Okon Abang, had ruled that Sheriff should be recognised as the chairman.
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