PDP Crisis: Makarfi Wins Round One, As Supreme Court Stops Sherrif’s Appeal

The nation’s apex court, the Supreme Court, Monday struck out an application by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu Sherrif.

Sherrif had appealed seeking to stop the party’s appeal against him.

The Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen had consequently granted the appeal filed by the sacked Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Ahmed Makarfi on behalf of the PDP.

The Port Harcourt Appeal Court had affirmed Sherrif as the authentic national chairman of the former ruling party, while sacking the Makarfi committee