The Peoples Democratic Party has fired its national chairman, Modu Sheriff, and has appointed an interim party executive led by a former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi.
A former Anambra governor, Ben Obi, was also appointed interim secretary of the party.
The committee will be place for three months.
The PDP took the decision on Saturday as part of efforts to resolve the crises the party is facing, party..
Meanwhile, the party’s scheduled national convention in Port Harcourt was cancelled, as a faction of the party conducted a parallel convention in Abuja same day.
“The convention is not holding. Our leaders have been meeting since early in the morning and they finally resolved that the convention should be shelved until the court order issued is vacated.
He also said some of the leaders of the party expressed the view that “efforts should be made to resolve all differences with the Jerry Gana group before a fresh national convention is held”.
Our source added that the leadership which comprised of
PDP governors and other eminent members of PDP agreed to name an interim
committee to replace the National Working Committee, pending the election of
new members.
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