{"id":56212,"date":"2017-02-17T20:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T19:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=56212"},"modified":"2017-02-17T20:15:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T19:15:58","slug":"pdp-makarfis-faction-reject-modu-sheriff-heads-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-makarfis-faction-reject-modu-sheriff-heads-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP: Makarfi&#8217;s faction reject Modu-Sheriff, heads to Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Few hours into the landmark ruling by the Appeal Court, the Ahmed Makarfi PDP) has blamed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its loss of the party\u2019s leadership to Ali Modu Sheriff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Friday, the PDP faction which rejected Modu-Sheriff, \u00a0alleged the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail-twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1. 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