Ali Modu Sheriff: Only God that crown leaders

Ali Modu Sheriff

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Speaking in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, while fielding questions from reporters, Ali Modu Sheriff, the embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it is only God who chooses a leader.

"It is God who crowns leaders. My own is to do the right thing and sell myself to members of our party. With God on our side, I’m confident that our people will give me the mandate to lead them at this point in time," he was quoted as saying.

Sheriff’s statement is coming at a time when there is an internal crisis tearing at the heart of his party.

We reported it here earlier today that the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn on Thursday after stakeholders of the party announced the dissolution of the Ali Modu Sheriff-led executive committee.

Led by Jerry Gana, a former minister of information, the group rejected the decision to retain Sheriff as chairman of the party beyond the forthcoming convention slated for Port Harcourt on May 21.

The group, which issued a communiqué at the end of a meeting it held in Abuja on Thursday, declared the party’s forthcoming national convention at Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, as null and void.

The communiqué also stated that a 21-man committee has been inaugurated to preside over the affairs of the PDP in the interim.