Date: 2017-03-01

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party led by Mr. Sunday Fagbemi on Tuesday said the factional National Chairman of PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sherriff behaved like a gangster by breaking into the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja to take over the secretariat.

Fagbemi said Sheriff should have approached the custodian of the party's property, the Board of Trustees, to comply with the judgement of the Court of Appeal.

He spoke during an extra-ordinary meeting of the party in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

Fagbemi accused Sherrif of being a willing tool in the hands of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

He said, "We see and know Sherrif as agent provocateur, working in tandem with the APC, as his relationship with President Mohammed Buhari as a loyal in-law is well known to all Nigerians.

Sherriff had demonstrated his lack of capacity and capability to lead a virile party like the PDP.

He said, "We saw the temporary 'victory' of Sheriff as a travesty of Justice and victory for APC, which is interested in the destruction and decimation of opposition parties in Nigeria, particularly the PDP."

Fagbemi stated that state faction of PDP was in total agreement with the decisions at the meeting of the stakeholders on February 20 at Ekiti House, Asokoro, Abuja following the judgement of the Court of Appeal on February 17.

He expressed support for the appeal to the Supreme Court of Nigeria by the Ahmed Makarfi national faction and filling of an application for stay of execution pending the final determination of the appeal.

He called on the federal government to desist from allegedly persecuting the leaders of the party in the state, under the guise of fighting corruption.

He urged member of the party in the state to be fully prepared and ready to respond positively anytime the Kwara State Government makes pronouncements on the LG elections.

He added that the PDP will definitely partake in the LG elections.