The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision sacked on Wednesday sacked Ali Sheriff as the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
The apex court handed leadership of the party to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi led National Working Committee, NWC,
Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour who read the lead verdict validate the National Convention PDP held in Port Harcourt on May 21, 2016, where the Sheriff led National Executive Committee, NEC, was dissolved. He said the convention was not conducted in disobedience to any court order. The apex court accused Sheriff of engaging in forum shopping, saying he “displayed infantile desperation to cling to office at all cost”.
This brings to climax the leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party
