Those that clapped for Igbinedion in the PDP were the same people who did not allow him to do the needful to improve the lives of the people

The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt division last week affirmed Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the substantive chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. It was a ruling that both Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi who had been locked in a leadership tussle for the soul of the biggest opposition party in the country had looked forward to with much anticipation and high expectation of victory.

The wave of defection hitting the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in the Senate in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress is a thing of worry in many political quarters now. With the heightening trend ahead of the 2019 election, many are beginning to imagine how the political space may look like. The rate at which the National Assembly members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has become a thing of concern to political watchers in the country.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the House of Representatives, Emmanuel Ukoette, yesterday, announced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, yesterday, begged governors elected on the platform of the party not to do anything that would further divide it.