National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu-Sheriff, has rejected calls for his
resignation as a condition for a new peace deal in the party.
Sheriff had on Tuesday agreed to
the political solution to the crisis at a meeting between PDP governors and
former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He, however, said yesterday that
the suggestion that he and Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmed Makarfi would
resign as the necessary sacrifice for the party, was never considered.
He made the clarifications
in a statement issued by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party,
Bernard Mikko. Sheriff was reacting to reports that Jonathan had advocated the
exit of both men as solution to the crisis.
He noted that his resignation has never been part of the deal to
resolve the crisis in the party, adding that all his traducers would work with
him to ensure a free and fair National Convention where a new executive would
be elected for the party.
He, however, restated his resolve not to vie for the chairmanship
position at the convention, pointing out that he would merely preside over it
and allow new leaders to emerge.
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