The former national chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff might be is serious trouble after the PDP leadership called on
the Inspector General of Police to arrest him.
The former national chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff
The Inspector General of Police has been called to
immediately order the arrest and prosecution of the former national
chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and Matthew
Iduoriyekemwen for disobeying court judgment and charge them for
contempt.
The call was made by the leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP in a statement in Abuja by the spokesman of the
party, Dayo Adeyeye.
According to Vanguard, he said the purported issuance of
certificate by Ali Modu Sheriff, after the judgement of Monday, July 4,
2016, was utter disobedience and disrespect to court judgment and
should not be treated with levity.
He therefore ordered the immediate arrest of Sheriff for disobeying court judgment or order.
“We are shocked at the attitude of the former national
chairman of our great party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, who has become
an authority in the country with flagrant disobedience of the Nigerian
Constitution, the Electoral Act and the PDP Constitution without being
arrested or detained by security agencies. Is he above the law, if we
may ask?’’ Prince Adeyeye queried.
He said Justice Abdullah Liman’s judgment on July 4, 2016,
was superior to all other court rulings, ex-parte orders or
interlocutory injunctions procured by Senator Sheriff and his
co-travellers, noting that his reliance on Justice Okon Abang’s ruling
of Thursday, June 30, 2016, was an attempt to confuse unsuspecting
members of the public as he had done in the past.
“You will recall that Senator Sheriff in collaboration
with some APC governors and members invaded our party secretariat on
Monday June 13, 2016, laying claims to a non-existing court order.
"He has started again after a competent court issued a
judgment upholding the decision of our National Convention in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, which constituted the PDP National Caretaker
Committee to pilot the affairs of the party for 90 days, and to conduct
another convention that will elect new officers of the party.
‘’Following this, we are calling on the Police to do the needful
by arresting Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, his co-travelers and Hon.
Matthew Iduoriyekemwen for disobeying court judgment.”
The party declared that the PDP had flagged-off its
campaign for the governorship election in Edo State; and that the law
as it stood, only recognized Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the authentic
and only candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the
September 10, 2016, election.
The party charged all its members nationwide and in Edo
State in particular, to give maximum support to its flag-bearer, Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to win the September 10, 2016, governorship election
in Edo State in order to bring the desired change Edo people deserved.
