Factional National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu-Sheriff, says he is willing to resign as the PDP chairman if the other faction would agree to hold an open and transparent convention in Abuja.

Sheriff spoke during a television interview on Sunday, saying that he had handed a list of his demands to the party’s reconciliation committee which was setup to bring an end to the ongoing leadership crisis rocking the party.

Crisis in the party deepened after a national convention held in May led to the removal of Modu-Sheriff and the setting up of caretaker committee led by Ahmed Makarfi.

But the former Borno State Governor dismissed the decision of the party members, insisting that a court had issued an order barring the party from holding the convention.

During the interview on Sunday, Sheriff said he had given the committee certain conditions that must be met before he would voluntarily resign.

“What I want is that the convention should be an open and transparent convention held in Abuja where everybody will participate. I work with my principles.

“We will not let PDP to be hijacked by few people – Governor of Rivers State and Governor Fayose,” he said.

He also said that part of the agreement was for the convention that the party planned to hold on August 17 to be shifted as it would violate a court order which directed that the convention should not hold.

On his alleged ambition to run for the Presidential candidate of the party, Modu-Sheriff said he had never discussed that with anybody.

“I have never discussed with anyone about any plan to run for presidency,” he said.