I Remain PDP National Chairman – Ali Sheriff Bounces Back

The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, said he remained in charge of the troubled party until the Court of Appeal’s decision on the position.

Sheriff made this known on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the judgment of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt that the party’s National Convention that removed him as chairman was legal.

His position: “The court where the judge gave judgement in Abuja last week and the Federal High Court in Lagos and today’s court in Port Harcourt are all courts of the same competent jurisdiction.

“Therefore, the orders that we have in Abuja is still subsisting. What it means is that unless a Court of Appeal decides otherwise, I still remain the national chairman of the PDP.

“Courts that are of the same jurisdiction cannot overrule another court unless it is Court of Appeal. We disagree with today’s judgement completely.

“We have asked our lawyers immediately to file an appeal and also ask the same court for stay of execution, because there were three orders before this, which are of the same coordinate jurisdiction.

“Unless and until Court of Appeal, which is a higher court, makes a pronouncement contrary to what we have, I still remain the chairman,’’ Mr. Sheriff said.