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The Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that governors who are members of the party give N50m monthly to the Ahmed Makarfi faction as subvention.

Cairo Ojougboh, a deputy national chairman of the Sheriff faction, said this at a news conference on Monday.

He alleged that Makarfi and members of his faction were holding on to the leadership of the party for their own benefit.

“The reason the caretaker committee members are protesting is that they have seen that the table is now crumbling fast under their feet,” he said.

“All the organs of the party are cueing into the reconciliation and when the reconciliation pulls through, they are out and Senator Makarfi can only come as member of the board of trustees and so the N50m monthly subvention from governors will stop.

“They get subvention from the governors every month and when reconciliation happens, that subvention will stop.

“Secondly, Makarfi wants a situation where he will tailor-make and tailor-made the convention to suit his interest because he has come out to say that he will be contesting the presidency of the country.”

Dayo Adeyeye, spokesman of the Makarfi faction, did not answer to calls to his mobile phone nor to an SMS seeking a response to the allegation as of the time of filing this report.

Makarfi also did not respond to calls to his mobile phone.

On February 17, the Port Harcourt division of the appeal court declared Sheriff as the authentic national chairman of the PDP.

But the leadership tussle in the party continued because some members would not recognised him as their leader.‎

However, former President Goodluck Jonathan  has initiated a reconciliation process to resolve the dispute.