The Supreme Court have declared Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the chairman of the caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in a landmark judgment following months of litigation.
Nigeria's highest court affirmed the PDP national convention in Port Harcourt that established Makarfi’s committee and described the process that led to it as correct and in line with the Party’s Constitution.
It consequently sacked Ali Modu Sheriff and members of his National Working Committee from the leadership of the Party.
Meanwhile, erstwhile former Aviation minister have reacted to the judgment.
In a tweet, the outspoken former minister said “shame on Sheriff” PDP is back in the right hands.
“Praise the Lord! God has given us victory at Supreme Court. PDP is back in the right hands. Shame on Ali Modu Sheriff! Congrats to PDP!,” he wrote.
It can be recalled that PDP has been experiencing leadership crisis since it lost the 2015 presidential election.
The crisis, however, heightened earlier in the year when an Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State affirmed Sheriff as the National Chairman of the party while sacking the Makarfi’s Caretaker Committee.