Federal High Court sacks
Makarfi, reinstates Sheriff
2 hours ago


The national caretaker committee
constituted by the PDP during the last
Saturday’s convention has been nullified
– The convention had appointed Ahmed
Makarfi as the acting chairman, while Ben
Obi was appointed the acting national
secretary
– In a ruling on Tuesday, May 24, Justice
Ibrahim Buba ordered Ali Modu Sheriff, the
erstwhile chairman of the PDP, to continue
serving as the party’s chairman

Justice Ibrahim Buba ordered Ali Modu
Sheriff, to continue serving as the PDP’s
chairman.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified
the national caretaker committee constituted
by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
during the convention held on Saturday, May
21.
The convention had appointed a former
governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Makarfi,
as the acting chairman, while a former
senator, Ben Obi, was appointed the acting
national secretary.
The PDP said that the acting national
officers would be in office for three months.
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Sheriff – Fayose
Premium Times reports that in a ruling on
Tuesday, May 24, Justice Ibrahim Buba
ordered Ali Modu Sheriff, the erstwhile
chairman of the party, to continue serving as
the PDP’s chairman.
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in
Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, has
restrained Sheriff and Professor Adewale
Oladipo from parading themselves as
national officers of the PDP.
The court also granted a restraining order on
any member of the national working
committee of the PDP who was removed
from office by the party’s national
convention in Port Harcourt from receiving
nominations and submitting names to the
Independent National Electoral Commission
as officers or candidates of the PDP in
whatever capacity pending the hearing and
determination of the motion on notice
brought by the party.