The dethroned National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Friday distanced himself from a congratulatory message he purportedly sent to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi faction of the party over Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling.
The Supreme Court had on Thursday pronounced Makarfi as the authentic National Chairman of the party.
Shortly after the judgement, a Twitter handle, claiming to be owned by Sheriff, congratulated Makarfi.
But in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Hon. Bernard Mikko, Sheriff said he has no Twitter account and therefore could not have used the platform to congratulate anybody.
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to a fake congratulatory message credited to an imaginary Twitter Handle of Senator (Dr.) Ali Modu Sheriff, the immediate past PDP National Chairman.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff does not have or own a Twitter account and could not have tweeted any message. We therefore view the said message as fake and mischievous and should be discountenanced as that of evil doers.
“We further warn all mischief makers to desist from trying to exploit the huge political capital of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff for selfish gains.”