PDP Crisis: Sheriff’s victory at Supreme Court means death for party – Makarfi

Ousted Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi, has said the victory of the party’s National Chairman at the Supreme Court will mark the end of the party.

The Formet Kaduna State Governor also accused some prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of foisting Sheriff on the PDP against the wish of the majority.

Makarfi vowed that some members of the party across the federation would never remain in the party with Sheriff as the chairman.

He claimed party chairman has gone into financial agreement with some APC governors with the sole aim of destabilising the PDP in their various states ahead of the 2019 elections.

When asked what Sheriff’s victory would mean to the party, he further told the Nation, “If it happens that way, PDP would die.

“But those who would be working to kill PDP that way, I assure you they would end up being confronted with a bigger political force than the PDP itself.

“Because politics is about people, there is no way, let me speak here for the North that I know so well; there is no way in the North with Sheriff at the helm of affairs of PDP that voters would on their own go and vote PDP. There is no way.

“We have just seen it in a recent election in Delta State that they have turned their back against PDP because of Sheriff. And it may be so in many states of the southern part of this country.

“These people are alive, they are politicians, they are active. Water will surely find its level. And consistently, we have been saying that we are not going to be caught unawares. We are not going to be caught without options.

“We cannot boast of what the Supreme Court judgment would be but we are hopeful that they would do what is right. And in our opinion, what is right is upholding the Convention.

“But should what we think is right not be in law right before the Supreme Court, so be it. We will decide our political direction in good time. And that political direction, I assure you, would be one that would be more potent than the PDP as it is.

“Because PDP as it is, we know that we carry wounds, a lot of stigmatism, a lot of things and in an effort to kill a rat, you may let a lion loose because God Almighty that created us loves us and He looks over everybody.

“God wants something that is good for our people and there is no way you can deny whatever is good for our people no matter the intrigues you apply.

“You may think you are squeezing people one way, but you may be giving birth to something that you may not be able to squeeze.

“Win or loose, members of PDP have a bright future. So I am saying PDP members should not be bothered because win or loose at the Supreme Court, they have a brighter political future. A decision will be taken at the appropriate time.

“There are invisible hands that are hoisting him, and hoisting him purely with the view to destroying opposition and that is what he is basking in.

“It is not about PDP, it is about development of democracy and the voice of democracy in Nigeria. And if it is PDP today, it will be another party tomorrow.

“That is what we are standing on and that is what we are fighting for so that tomorrow whichever party may find itself in power will not be able to stop easily or decimate opposition in order to have an easy way.

“You can take a horse to the river, you cannot force it to drink water. And people will decide for themselves at the appropriate