The ongoing reconciliation move initiated by former President Goodluck has suffered a setback following withdrawal of the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
Sheriff, who is the chairman of the troubled party in the eyes of the law, alleged that the move had been hijacked by the factional chairman of the National Caretaker Committee led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
A a statement issued by Sheriff’s Deputy, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, on Thursday in Abuja, said “We are opting out and focusing our efforts at making the party the darling of Nigerians again.
“We had made tremendous progress before former President Jonathan was asked by party leaders to convene a meeting where stakeholders will adopt the governor Seriake Dickson’s Committee report on reconciliation.
“Unfortunately, former president Jonathan lost control of the meeting he convened and allowed Makarfi group to continue with their anti-party posture.
““All the organs of the party were already queuing up behind us and Jonathan came to unbundle the progress we made by his inability to control the meeting.
“”We will not continue again but rather concentrate on rebuilding our party.”
