THE senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has faulted the decision of the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to challenge the choice of Ali-Modu Sheriff as the party’s national chairman. He urged members to support Sheriff to keep the party alive.
Kashamu, in a statement on Sunday, also condemned Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, for what he tagged his inconsistency on Sheriff’s leadership of the party.
“Going to the apex court to test issues of common sense will only prolong the national leadership crisis and make the current officeholders to stay in office longer than they ordinarily would have done, with its attendant consequences.
“We have election coming up in Anambra State this year and later in Osun and Ekiti states. We must do primaries. We cannot afford to allow the fate that befell us in Edo and Ondo states to repeat itself. The 2019 elections are fast approaching. We cannot afford to go into it as a weakened and divided house.
“This is political crisis and it is better resolved politically, with compromises here and there. Let our respectable and experienced leaders and elders not allow the ill-motivated opinion and selfish interests of a few mislead them to taking actions that will not be in the overall interest of our party.”
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