APC Chairmanship Race: Sheriff F*ngers Ex-Gov Shettima Over Leaked Audio Linked To PDP Leaders

Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff, an aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship position, has called out former Governor Kashim Shettima of being behind a leaked audio message, claiming some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), hoped he (Sheriff) emerges as APC’s next national chairman.

Sheriff also tasked other aspirants not to drag President Muhammadu Buhari and party leadership into their ambition.

Sheriff disclosed this in a statement by Sen. Victor Lar, Media Director of his Campaign Organisation on Friday, in Abuja.

Lar reminisced that on October 5, he drew the attention of the public to the plans of a former governor of Borno, who is also contesting for the APC chairmanship position, to a negative media attack on Sheriff.

He claimed that the former governor was hatching a plan to make use of the media to cause “mischief and disaffection between Sheriff, APC governors and its leadership’’.

“Now he has launched the first phase of their attack,” Lar stressed.

Lar described the leaked audio message as a figment of the former governor’s imagination and part of plans to jeopardize Sheriff’s chances of becoming the next APC national chairman.

He tasked the public, APC members and its governors in particular to acknowledge that the purported audio message was baseless and untrue and should be disregarded.

He stated that it was obvious that the hard work of Ali-Modu Sheriff and the way he was going about his campaign in a calm and matured manner had made the former Borno governor unsettled.

“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 as his running mate for the election.

“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,” Lar said.

He stressed that the actions of the former Borno governor had caused a lot of damage to the reputation of the southern presidential aspirant.

“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 once 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.

“It is however, unfortunate that having served as a governor for two terms and currently in the Senate, the senator has continued to behave in a way that does not show maturity on his part.

“We advise him to refrain from his negative attitude which will only bring shame and reproach to him, especially as he is being laughed at presently by those who can read between the lines,” he said.