Gov Ayo Fayose, Rivers Front Man Nyesome Wike Almost Resort To Blows At PDP Convention Over Support For Ali Modu Sheriff As Party Chairman

Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers Sate and Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State ended their vociferous support for Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on a rather sour note yesterday.

The duo almost came to blows after it became clear that they were riding a lame donkey.

While Wike remained steadfast in his support for the retention of Sheriff as chairman of the party at its convention in Port Harcourt, Fayose sensationally backed out.

And thus ended the controversial three month tenure of the former Borno State governor in the saddle.

But Sheriff insisted that he remained chairman.

The convention itself was aborted and a former governor of Kaduna State, Senator  Ahmed Makarfi was picked to replace Sheriff  in a desperate move to save the party from being submerged by the leadership  crisis.

Makarfi heads a seven-man committee to steer the affairs of the party.

To assist Makarfi as national secretary is a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Senator Ben Obi.

Other members of the committee are: Sen. Odion Ugbesie, Sen. Abdul Ningi, Mr. Kabir Usman, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye and Alhaja Aisha Aliyu.

The Makarfi-led caretaker committee will pilot the affairs of the party for three months during which it is expected to elect the national working committee, it was gathered.

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