Nigeria: Sheriff-Led PDP Faction Slams Shettima Over Call for Proscription of Party

6 January 2017

Abuja — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has condemned the statement credited to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State calling for the proscription of the PDP, describing it as ploy to foist one party system on the country.

In a statement issued yesterday by spokesman of the faction, Mr. Bernard Mikko, it said such a call in a country with an enviable antecedent of multi-party democracy was an aberration.

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