JUST IN: This is the reason they call me 'The Spoiler' - Ali Modu Sheriff

JUST IN: This is the reason they call me 'The Spoiler' - Ali Modu Sheriff

Factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Friday, December 9 confirmed that he had been nicknamed the spoiler by some political enemies just because he does not condone negative practices within any party he belongs.

Sheriff had been engaged in a running battle with the other faction of the party headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi and there are currently various suits in relation with the political turmoil in the former ruling party.

I am always against those causing problems in the PDP - Sheriff

The Nigerian Tribune reports that at a press conference in Abuja, Sheriff also argued against the formation of a new party as is being speculated.

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Speaking through his deputy national chairman, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Sheriff said: “It has been brought to our notice that a governor of the South South described the Sen Sheriff led NWC as spoilers.

“The truth is that we ‘spoil’ impunity. We ‘spoil’ imposition. We ‘spoil’ corruption and greed and we ‘spoil’ wickedness, innate wickedness to fellow party faithful.

“We therefore call on our state governors to shun corruption, wickedness, greed and impunity, which brought us to where we are today.

“Recall that in 2015 general elections, we lost elections in 10 states where we had governors in the North due to impunity. The states are: Benue, Kogi, Niger, Jigawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Bauchi and Adamawa.

“We in the NWC are making all necessary arrangements to reposition our great. We intend to return the party to the original owners, the grass roots.

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“We encourage those who left the party to return. We are not going to allow our party to die. We therefore will not submit our registration certificate to INEC in order to form another party.

“The politics of yesterday is very different from that of today. There is no guarantee that today’s INEC will register you once you give up your certificate. So, our task is to rebuild and reposition the party.”

He also said his faction would work with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state to ensure that the party wins the election re-run planned for Saturday, December 10.