PDP Crisis: I did not endorse Sheriff — Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, said he did not endorse Senator Ali Modu Sheriff  as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said he merely opened his doors to Sheriff and other members of his entourage when they visited him at his residence in Abuja on Monday.

The former governor of Borno State was at Jonathan’s residence to discuss the outcome of the Court of Appeal judgment, which on Friday, affirmed him as the national chairman of the party.

The judgment nullified the PDP national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where members of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, were appointed.

The Makarfi faction, however, said in Abuja, on Monday, that it had appealed the judgment, adding that it also filed an application for a stay of execution.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of both the appeal and the application.

The media aide to the former President, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, said in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, that Jonathan did not endorse the Borno State ex-governor.