The sacked national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, Senator Buruji Kashamu and their followers have decamped to the Mega party of Nigeria. The defection took place at the Mega party Oyo state secretariat in Ibadan.The party which was registered in August 2010 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would also change its logo and move to its new national secretariat in Abuja. According to the defecting group, their action was necessitated by ‘inflammatory statements’ of Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose.
The apex court ruled in favour of Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic National Chairman of the party, destroying the board of factional leader Modu-Sheriff with Ayo Fayose afterwards calling for punitive measures to be meted out to party members loyal to Sheriff.
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