Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sacked its National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff and has appointed an interim party executive led by former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi.
According to an online source, the PDP took the decision on Saturday as part of efforts to resolve the crises the party is facing.
Meanwhile, the party’s scheduled national convention in Port Harcourt was cancelled, as a faction of the party conducted a parallel convention in Abuja same time.
The source quoted a PDP chieftain as saying, “The convention is not holding. Our leaders have been meeting since early in the morning and they finally resolved that the convention should be shelved until the court order issued is vacated.
“Efforts should be made to resolve all differences with the Jerry Gana group before a fresh national convention is held”.
The source added that the leadership which comprised of PDP governors and other eminent members of PDP agreed to name an interim committee to replace the National Working Committee, pending the election of new NWC members.