Ekiti Senator Ignores Fayose, Endorses Ali Modu Sheriff

As the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose,
champions the movement against Ali Sheriff as
Peoples Democratic Party chairman, a senator
from his state has declared full support for Mr.
Sheriff.
Mr. Sheriff has been recognised as PDP
chairman by the Court of Appeal. But Fayose,
who heads the PDP Governors Forum, and some
party leaders have restated their opposition to
Sheriff and vowed to appeal the judgement at
the Supreme Court.
However, on Sunday, Fatimat Raji-Rasaki, a
female senator who represents Ekiti Central
Senatorial District said Mr. Sheriff was the
authentic national chairman of the PDP.
She made the declaration on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti
while speaking with journalists at the end of a
three-day capacity building training on ICT she
organised for 100 beneficiaries in her
constituency.
Mrs. Raji-Rasaki’s declaration comes days after
another senator from Bayelsa State, Ben
Murray-Bruce also declared support for Mr.
Sheriff saying there was no need for further
litigations.
On Sunday, Mrs. Raji-Rasaki, who is the
Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade and
Investment, said the era of impunity was dead in
the PDP.
She said that the Court of Appeal judgment
which affirmed Mr. Sheriff as the national
chairman of PDP had afforded the party an
opportunity to put its house in order.
The lawmaker, who belongs to a rival PDP
faction in Ekiti different from the governor’s, said
the recent developments in Ekiti and at the
national level, would enable the PDP prepare
ahead of the 2019 general elections.
She described the Court of Appeal judgment as a
“new lease of life’’ for members of the party.
Her words; “We, the authentic PDP, are being led
by Ali Modu Sheriff and we thank God that the
court judgment has put an end to impunity in
our party.
“Impunity is one thing that destroys any
organisation or association where people decide
and subscribe to rules and regulations guiding
them.
“It is a pity that some people turned the PDP to
a place where one person will corner everything
and turn it to PLC.
“A party is supposed to be where everybody has
a say because we are in a democracy.
“In Ekiti, the authentic executive has won in
court as well, so in the PDP, we have no option
than to obey the rule of law.”