Former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has claimed that former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has concluded plans to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the 2027 presidential election.

Sheriff made the claim during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television on Monday.

He said: “As far as this politics is concerned, African Democratic Congress (ADC) doesn’t exist. The information available to me is that any moment from now, Peter Obi will go back to PDP and run as a presidential candidate under PDP.”

He said ADC, the coalition platform for opposition politicians, does not exist in the country’s landscape.

Sheriff also said President Bola Tinubu is entitled to the right to either retain Vice President Kashim Shettima or select a different person as his running mate for the 2027 elections. “It is just some young members of the party who are angry because VP Shettima’s name must be mentioned I don’t think that has called for any rowdiness,” he said.

“The president has the exclusive right of who becomes his running mate any day, anytime, because the way he picked him as his running mate, if he wants to pick him again, he will pick them. So it’s not for people to tell the president what he wants to do or what he should not do.”