Mr. Sheriff and the PDP have come under fire from some members of the party since his emergence, over allegations tying him to the insurgent group, Boko Haram.
Chief among the former governor’s critics is a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who lamented the decision of the party’s organs to appoint Mr. Sheriff despite his alleged Boko Haram links.
While taking over from the former acting national chairman, Uche Secondus, Mr. Sheriff HAD threatened Mr. Fani-Kayode, saying the former minister “will not go scot free this time”.
The ministers’ forum noted the threat with “dismay” saying, “The forum considers a threat to one as a threat to all”.
Mr. Fani-Kayode himself had shortly before the commencement of the meeting took a swipe at Mr. Sheriff.
Addressing reporters, the former aviation minister said, “My first question is who is Ali Modu Sheriff? Is he a Nigerian or a Chadian? Or both? Secondly you are claiming to be national chairman and wants to move the party forward, the first thing you do is to start issuing threats?
“The fact of the matter is that he wants to set Nigeria on fire and also wants to set PDP on fire and that fire is going to consume him and him alone. With regards to his personal threats to me, I am more than ready for him and I assure him that unlike anybody he has ever met before in his life, he will meet a resistance he never me before.”
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