Former President Congratulate Makarfi "APC To See Victory As Quit Notice Towards 2019"

Former President Goodluck Jonathan congratulated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the resolution of its leadership tussle by the Supreme Court.

Leo Okuweh Ogor (Delta) stated this to highlight the struggles it passed through in the course of ‎the party’s legal battles that resulted in the victory at the supreme court.

Ogor speaking to journalists said that the APC administration has been all promises and no action, and has occasioned the impoverishment of Nigerians who now live in hunger and insecurity, Vanguard reports.

The lawmaker said the APC having failed should see the PDP’s legal victory at the supreme court as a quit notice towards 2019.

Nigeria's apex court on Wednesday, July 12, sacked Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the opposition party.

The Supreme Court in its judgement declared Ahmed Makarfi, the caretaker committee chairman, as the authentic leader of Nigeria’s largest opposition party. The former president said the apex court's verdict is a judgment where there are no winners or losers, adding that it will bring the party together.