The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party took a new dimension on Thursday when its National Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff , accused the Governor of Rivers State , Mr . Nyeson Wike , and his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr . Ayodele Fayose, of recruiting former President Goodluck Jonathan to scuttle the party’ s peace process.
He alleged that the two governors gave the former President the task of scuttling the efforts of the party’ s Peace and Reconciliation Committee headed by the Governor of Bayelsa State , Mr . Seriake Dickson.
The former President had, on Thursday last week in Abuja , organised the party’s stakeholders ’ meeting , which ended in disarray.
Sheriff and members of his National Working Committee walked out of the meeting due to disagreements on how it should be conducted.
However, members of the sacked National Caretaker Committee of the party, headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, and other stakeholders of the party were in attendance.
The Makarfi committee, which was sacked by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, has however taken its case to the Supreme Court.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Sheriff, who spoke through his deputy, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, said Jonathan was lured into committing a serious breach of protocol that led to the failure of the exercise which was the intended outcome.
He said, “It was a thing of joy for the party faithful as they jubilated that indeed peace has returned to the party.
“But to the surprise of all, Wike and Fayose recruited the former President Goodluck Jonathan into a fake peace effort predetermined to scuttle Governor Dickson’s efforts .
“The result is that President Jonathan was lured into committing a serious breach of protocol that led to the failure of the exercise, which was the intended outcome. ”
