We removed Ali Modu Sheriff to save PDP: Fayose

By The Rainbow
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said the former chairman

of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led

National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was dissolved and

caretaker committee appointed at the last Saturday National Convention

held in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State to save the party.

The governor said even though he was one of those who supported the

former chairman, he had no option  than to support his removal so as

to forestall disintegration of the party, adding that; “We cannot

sacrifice the party for any individual.”
Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New

Media, Lere Olayinka, in a release issued in Ado-Ekiti on Monday,

urged Sheriff to accept his removal in good faith and join others to

build the party.
The governor said; “I supported Senator Ali Modu Sheriff in good

conscience. But when it became obvious that his continuous stay in

office as the National Chairman will jeopardise the collective

interest of the party, I had no option than to support his removal.

“To me, the general interest of the party overrides that of any

individual and there is no how I can stand in support of any plan to

sacrifice the party for any individual.
“Anyone whose ambition threatens the collective interest of the party

should be removed to save the party and that's exactly what we have

done.
“I therefore urge Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to accept the dissolution

of the NWC and appointment of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker

Committee in good faith and cooperate with other well-meaning members

of the party to reposition it so as to achieve the much needed

electoral victory in 2019.
“To Sheriff and other well-meaning members of the party, what should

be important is the party and not the individual and no sacrifice

should be too much for anyone to make for the party at this time.”