The battle to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been lost as the Senator Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the party has submitted an application to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registration of a party named ‘Advanced Peoples Democratic Party’.
The Nation newspaper reports that INEC confirmed receipt of the application on Friday.
This is not going down well with members of the Ali Modu Sheriff faction, who feels the new party is a threat.
It is being reported that the Makarfi camp is not interested in fighting for the chairmanship of the PDP anymore, after a Court of Appeal ruled that Sheriff was the authentic chairman of the party.
The court also sacked the Caretaker Committee headed by Makarfi.
“The Commission has received not less than 70 applications from associations seeking…
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