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Markafi urges politicians to protect Nigeria’s democracy

Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party. Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged politicians in the country to indulge in activities that would protect the nation’s democracy. He made the call in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday while declaring open a “non-elective convention” of the party. Makarfi, whose committee’s tenure was extended by 12 months at the “convention” held at PDP’s Aba Road Secretariat, said politicians would have failed the country if they refused to support institutions that would strengthen its democracy. The “non-elective convention” held at the party secretariat was in place of a full national convention scheduled to hold at the Sharks Stadium but was truncated. The police sealed the venue of the convention and blocked all entrances to the stadium in the early hours of Wednesday, citing compliance with court order stopping the event as reason for the a