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Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has questioned the political relevance of some of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members opposed to the emergence of Ali Modu Sheriff as chairman of the party.

Sheriff’s emergence has come under fierce criticism from a number of PDP members, leading to calls for his resignation. But the former Borno state governor has insisted that he would not resign, and Fayose is in support of that proclamation.

“As a governor, he can’t give me money. I’m not looking for a favour, I don’t need him to do what I have to do in my state,” he said on Tuesday at a press conference in Ekiti.

“But most of the people clamouring, particularly in the north today, I want to say that none of them won 10 percent in their state? What are they bringing to the table to continue with this argument?

“As who? What is their relevance at home? But as a leader, I still have to appeal to them. They should please allow the dust to settle and channel this energy against Ali Modu Sheriff chairmanship into rebuilding the party.”

Sheriff himself had said last week after his emergence that the times would “certainly not going to be easy”.

“We are aware of the high expectations from Nigerians for us to give the part a new focus,” he had said.

“Our party is a party that has an avalanche of qualified people who can proffer solution to our problems. We accepted to serve not because we are the best, but because we have been identified to be capable of doing the task ahead.

“I will carry everybody along. I have come to form a partnership with party men and women. The wrangling that is going on is normal but we will overcome.”