Yusuf Isyaku, the Director of the DSS in the state, said the agency was investigating the allegation
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Sheriff made this known while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja on the recommendations of the party’s Reconciliation Committee, chaired by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State
They said they defected as a result of the crisis rocking the PDP
The party said in a statement made available to newsmen in Minna on Sunday that it was not part of the meeting held in Abuja last week where Sheriff was endorsed as the national chairman of the party
Dickson made the call while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja
This was contained in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Saturday by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Jackson Adebayo
The chairmen also supported the committee’s reports and recommendations, including an all-inclusive unity convention to be held as soon as possible
He however said he was yet to join another party
Makarfi stated this on Thursday when a delegation of PDP Concerned Grassroots Stakeholders from Borno State visited him at the party’s temporary secretariat in Abuja
The party alongside 15 other of its Chieftains had in an Originating Summons marked FHC/ABJ/05/61/2017 asked the court to declare the seat vacant
Both Dickson and the ex-NSA refused to speak with the press after the meeting
Bode Ogunmola, the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, reacted to the defection
The defectors announced their position in a letter to the Assembly on THursday
The organisation said Kwankwaso’s accusation further confirmed its position on the motivation for the former governor’s recent activities, which are inimical to the survival of the PDP
The meeting lasted about one hour
According to Dickson, rather than embark on name-calling, propaganda and outright lies, it was high time the party came together in the interest of peace
The committee’s Publicity Secretary, Dayo Adeyeye, made the denial on Monday in Abuja
Represented by his National Deputy Chairman, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, Sheriff described the Gana-led committee as “illegal”
It was gathered that this was despite several mouth watering offers allegedly masterminded by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Nsima Ekere
He told all his supporters to join him as he strives to make the APC stronger