Modu-Sheriff distances from presidential aspiration, arms deals

The first reconciliatory step was the granting of amnesty to its former chairman and factional leader, Ali Modu Sheriff, and his supporters yesterday by the National Caretaker Committee of the party.

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Former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu-Sheriff, has distanced himself from calls on him to aspire for the presidency.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, in a statement, yesterday, dissociated himself from the campaign posters currently in circulation in parts of the country.

He also debunked allegations of arms dealing linked to him.

Modu-Sheriff, who aspired for the chairmanship of the APC, urged the public to disregard such insinuations, that there is no iota of truth in them.

His words: “If Modu-Sheriff wants to contest the presidency in 2023, he would be bold to tell Nigerians of his intention and seek their support, without going through the back door or doing so by proxy.

“This is especially with regards to a campaign poster in circulation purporting that Modu-Sheriff is running for the presidency in 2023 with a popular politician from the South-South and the allegations that he is into arms deals.”

According to him, a serving senator and former governor of Borno is behind such propaganda.

“We, therefore, warn that he stopped all such negative propaganda war against the respected Senator Modu-Sheriff forthwith, else we will be forced to take legal actions against him and his co-travellers,” he added.

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