SHOCKER: Goodluck Jonathan’s ministers, others to quit PDP, read why

– Ex-Ministers under PDP led FG are saying no to Ali Modu’s plan to succeed himself as PDP’s national chairman

– The ex-ministers said Ali Modu is not loyal and will work against the PDP come 2019

PDP national chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff rejected by ex ministers of the party

Ministers who served under the administration of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan are set to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should its current National Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, returns to office on May 21.

In recent time, reports have revealed how Sheriff is plotting to return as PDP’s national chairman during the convention then step down in 2018 to contest for the party’s presidential ticket. It’s also believed that some PDP governors are backing the aspiration of the former Borno state governor.

According Punch newspaper, the former ministers met in Abuja on Thursday, April 21  where they reviewed activities in the party, with particular attention to its forthcoming national convention. The zoning committee, headed by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, was said to have zoned the office of the national chairman to the North-East.

Ali Modu Sheriff is from the North-East zone.

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A former minister who was at the meeting and quoted anonymously said: “It was so funny the way our colleagues were trying to defend the former governor despite the collective decision we took before.

“Some came to say we should give him the chance and that we should not be seen to be opposing him as a person.

“But it was gratifying to note that the majority of us have said there and then that we would leave the party for them. Our aprons are not tie to the PDP.

“We told them that Sheriff had always worked against his party. He worked for former President Olusegun Obasanjo; he worked for the late former President Umaru Ya’Adua; he worked for former President Goodluck Jonathan, who were all in our party.

“This was when Sheriff was in the opposition. Now, tell me: is there anything to suggest that he won’t work against us in 2019?”

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With threats by former PDP ministers to leave the party, the national secretary of the party, Professor  Wale Oladipo, who is a member of the reconciliation committee, said his committee was already discussing with aggrieved members and groups within the party.

“Very soon, Nigerians will hear from us. But let me say that we are already working. We are talking, meeting and discussing with our members already on the need to come together and confront the All Progressives Congress,” Oladipo added.

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