Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State who is also the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has lambasted court-recognised factional chairman of the party, Senator Alimodu Sheriff for walking out on party leaders on Thursday during a pre-reconciliation meeting held in Abuja at the instance of the party leaders and elders.
Party elders and leaders of PDP such as former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chairman of the party’s Borad of Trustees and other bigwigs, had convened the meeting which was attended by both factional groups of Sheriff and Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi. Senator Sheriff had walked out on the leaders during the meeting saying that he was not given an opportunity to address the members in his capacity as the chairman of the party.
Firing back at Sheriff for his conduct, Governor Fayose, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, was quoted as saying: “The man Alimodu Sheriff is an impostor, an impossible character, agent of darkness and APC-sent to destroy our party.
“I will not work with him. He is a betrayal of confidence and does not represent peace and hope. I will not be part of any meeting with such a dirty desperado.
“Anybody supporting or promoting or financing him is an enemy of Nigeria. Our country will not end up in a one party system which I imagine is the reason why his business is thriving with the APC.
Sheriff has said he can no longer work with Jonathan or any of the PDP leaders. This is an indication that he prefers working with opposition in order to destroy the PDP, ” Fayose said.
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