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The Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bashed Rochas Okorocha, Imo governor, for interfering in its affairs.

The Makarfi faction said Okorocha was known to be one “who does not exercise restraint before making unguarded statements.”

The PDP was reacting to a statement credited to Okorocha who said “senator Makarfi and his rebellious group will delude themselves into believing that a valid and subsisting majority judgement of the penultimate court of the land can be nibbled at to the point of being brazenly disobeyed because of a dissenting minority judgement.”

The Imo governor also advised the “dissatisfied” Makarfi group “not to heat up the polity unnecessarily.”

But in a statement, Dayo Adeyeye, spokesman of the Makarfi group, said Okorocha’s constant “vituperation on matters small or big, is indicative of an over-excited mind desperately in need of a large dose of tranquilliser.”

Adeyeye said Okorocha was “nowhere to be found” when the Sheriff group refused to accept a judgment of the federal high court in Port Harcourt, but instead proceeded to the appeal court.

“He (Okorocha) is not known to be a person who exercises caution or restraint before making unguarded statements,” he said.

“In any case, what is Okorocha’s special interest in PDP matter? Need Nigerians any further conviction that the APC is the unseen hand stoking the fire of crisis in the PDP and Sheriff and his cohorts mere puppets in their hands?

“The desperate attempt by APC to exonerate itself only further exposed its duplicity. The police excuse for preventing a peaceful assembly of distinguished PDP members on alleged but unproven security threat is an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians.

“It is the duty of the police to provide security if they suspect any breach of peace. It is a gross abnegation of its responsibilities to prevent people from exercising their constitutionally guaranteed right of peaceful assembly.  No one is in doubt today that the Police has submitted itself to total control and direction by the APC.”

On Friday, the appeal court in Port Harcourt affirmed Sheriff as the authentic chairman of the PDP.