BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME

Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has been cleared by the party’s screening committee to contest for the seat of National Chairman in today’s convention.

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Also cleared were the Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus alongside other contestants for various national office of the party.

They were screened yesterday by a committee of the party headed by Mr Emmanuel Aguma, SAN and Attorney General and Commissioner for  Justice, Rivers state.

Sheriff who spoke to newsmen after the screening at the Rivers state secretariat of the party on Aba road said the party will unite to achieve its vision for 2019.

His words,  “PDP  is the only party that belongs to Nigerians and  owned by  Nigerians.  There is no sole owner of PDP.  PDP  is for you, PDP  is  for our  brothers in  the  village, PDP  is  for the  elder in Abuja,  PDP  is  for  everybody.  Therefore,  we will carry  everyone  along.

“The way forward  is for everybody  to be united. Anybody that is aggrieved, we will work towards getting  our members  on one page.

“We want a united house. In party politics, it is natural  that all views must not be the same. As much as possible, we try to unite all views for everyone  to  have a sense of  belonging.“