APC National Chairmanship Race: Former Borno Governors, Sheriff, Shettima At War

Penultimate governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has accused his successor and alleged rival in the race for the office of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Kashim Shettima of stoking a media campaign to damage his reputation.

He specifically accused Senator Kashim Shettima of being behind a leaked audio tape in which some National Executive Committee, NEC members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were alleged to be fervently praying for Sheriff to emerge as national chairman.

In a press statement issued by Senator Victor Lar on behalf of the Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff Campaign Organisation (SASCO), the Sheriff accused his successor of going out of the way to smear him. However, Senator Sheriff did not produce any proof of his claims beyond the assertions by his media team.

Noting what he claimed as his past injunctions on the possible plots against him by Shettima, Sheriff he said:

“I therefore, urge the public, APC members and governors in particular to note that the purported leaked audio message is baseless and untrue and should be disregarded, it should be treated as trash.

“It is obvious that the hard work of Ali-Modu Sheriff and the way he is going about his campaign in a calm and matured manner has unsettled the former two term Borno governor and current senator seeing that Sheriff has gained unprecedented support from party members and critical stakeholders from across the country.

“We are however, aware that the former two term governor of Borno in collaboration with his fellow night travellers are planning to unleash more negative media attacks on the person of Sheriff by sponsoring more filthy media attack.

“The current senator is out to blackmail Ali-Modu Sheriff because of his 2023 vice presidential ambition and to gain political favour and the support of one of the presidential aspirants from the South.

“He is working for the presidential aspirant to impress him and to make him believe that he is working for him ahead of 2023 presidential election, so he will adopt him his running mate for the election.

Sheriff Accuses Shettima Of Secret Agenda

“The former two term governor of Borno believes that he is working hard to impress the 2023 presidential aspirant by taking on Ali-Modu Sheriff because of his vice presidential ambition.

“He also believes that by attacking Ali-Modu Sheriff, he will gain the confidence of the Southern presidential aspirant and be made his running mate in 2023.

“It is important to note that the actions of the former Borno governor and current senator had caused a lot of damage on the reputation of the Southern presidential aspirant as he is indirectly distroying his reputation across the country.

The current senator is already causing serious credibility problems for the aspirant across the federation, and he is therefore advised to refrain and to desist from attacking Sheriff.

“We, however, assure Nigerians that Sheriff will work amicably and with open heart with everyone, irrespective of religion and tribe when he becomes APC next national chairman by God’s grace and with the support of the party’s membership.

While assuring presidential aspirants of his well wishes, Sheriff said:

“No presidential aspirant should have any fear or doubt about Ali-Modu Sheriff; he is a man of his words and he will not go back on them ones spoken.

All this childish attitude of the two term former Borno governor and current senator should stop.The world knows his antecedence and he is being watched closely.”

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