Ali Modu Sheriff says he has been consulting on how to deliver victory, and has not endorsed Akume or any other aspirants
A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has denied report that he has endorsed Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affiars, Senator George Akume, for the position of National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sheriff described the reports of him endorsing Akume for APC National Chairman as false.
In a statement by his Deputy Campaign Director, Cairo Ojougboh, Ali Modu Sheriff said he is still in the race for the APC National Chairmanship job.
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The former Borno State governor said he is still consulting with relevant stakeholders within the party on how to secure the position even after the APC zoned the position to the North Central.
According to the statement: “Our attention has been drawn to a report that the Sheriff Campaign Organisation has joined forces with Mallam Isa Yuguda Support Organisation to support the candidacy of George Akume for APC National Chairman.
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“The report is fake and should not be regarded, it is nothing but a figment of the imagination of those who planted it.
“We categorically state that the report which claimed that the Ali Modu Sheriff Campaign Organisation is working to ensure that George Akume emerged as APC’s national chairman at the National Convention is a blatant lie from the pit of hell.”
