Supreme Court Judgement: PDP To Grant Amnesty To Sheriff Faction

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee Chairman said on Thursday in Abuja that the party’s leadership tussle was a “hard battle.”

The committee’s spokesperson also announced that ‘amnesty’ would be granted to the Sheriff faction of the party.

Mr. Makarfi spoke when he received a delegation of the PDP former ministers forum led by its chairman, Taminu Turaki, who paid him a courtesy visit.

He, however, said that the outcome of the battle as decided by the Supreme Court was sweet and good, not only for PDP members, but also for Nigerians generally.

The Supreme Court had validated Mr. Makarfi’s leadership chosen from a 2016 national convention and annulled Ali Sheriff’s claim as chairman of the opposition party.

“It is a victory for all political parties because the issue of convention was involved and the Supreme Court upheld the power of the convention,” he said.

He recalled that the party`s leadership crisis erupted after its convention in Port Harcourt in 2016.

He said that through it, the PDP had paid the price of democracy for other political parties.