Sheriff Declares Edo PDP Governorship Primary Illegal

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Sheriff Declares Edo PDP Governorship Primary Illegal

By Correspondent

Factional National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has declared Monday’s governorship primary of the party in Edo State as illegal, dismissing it as the work of an illegal care-taker committee.The faction of the party led by a former Governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, conducted the primary, which produced Pastor Ize-Iyamu as the candidate.Makarfi is the chairman of the party’s caretaker committee put together by PDP governors at the convention held in Port Harcourt on May 21.Sheriff had called off the convention but the governors disregarded his action.In a statement on Tuesday, Sheriff urged members of the party nationwide, especially in Edo State, to disregard the primary.A letter addressed to the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), signed by Mr. Sheriff and the National Secretary of his faction, Prof. Wale Oladipo, urged the electoral commission not to give legitimacy to what happened in Edo State. 

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