Supreme Court judgement embarrassing, against common man —Sheriff’s group

THE Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has decried Wednesday’s judgement that pronounced Senator Ahmed Makarfi as properly appointed as the party’s caretaker chairman.

The faction, while reacting to the judgement, said it came to it as a surprise and lamented that it had put the judiciary in a compromised position.

Speaking on behalf of the faction in a telephone interview, its deputy chairman, Mr Olasunkanmi Ogunbiyi, said “The judgement of today came as a surprise,” saying, “I see the judgment as being against the common man.”

Ogunbiyi lamented that “no judiciary in Nigeria again. It is cash and carry. There was a high court judgement in Lagos that stopped the convention in Port Harcourt. Ali Modu sheriff said he received a judgement from Lagos and said the convention would no longer hold.

“After he left, some PDP members came together and installed a caretaker committee. There’s no caretaker in PDP Constitution. I see the judgement as against the common man. It is embarrassing that this kind of judgements in Nigeria. It has made us a laughing stock in the comity of nations.”