BORNO: Boko Haram, poverty will end if PDP takes over in 2015 – Ali Modu Sheriff

Ex-governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, on
Tuesday said he dumped the All Progressives
Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
to save the state.
The former governor also said the Boko Haram
insurgency and high level of poverty in the state will be
overcomed if the PDP takes over in Borno, while adding
that his defection to the PDP is to effect change in
governance.
Sheriff said this while speaking at a news conference in
Maiduguri, the state capital.
He said, “Many of you here today will be asking why I
defected from APC to PDP having served two terms as
governor on the platforms of defunct APP and ANPP.
The answer is simple and straight forward, because
Borno State is the least developed in the north, as it has
been in the opposition for over two decades.
“The security challenges we are facing today, that has
claimed many lives and property, including my brothers
and uncles, cannot be overcome in an opposition
political party like APC that I have just defected from
into this ruling party. Opposition in the country has
never taken out affected states from their abject
poverty and dearth or absence of federal presence.
“Whether you like or not, I am ready to lead my people
and join hands to effect a democratically elected
government in this state on the platform of PDP. This is
the right time for the people to effect change by voting
out the ruling APC during the governorship election
slated for February 28, 2015.”
The Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil, in
his remarks also said the PDP in the State now has a
golden opportunity to defeat incumbent governor, Alhaji
Kashim Shettima of the APC in the 2015 election.