BY NDAHI MARAMA

MAIDUGURI—Former Governor of Borno State and a leader of the newly formed All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is set to dump the party for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Sheriff stated yesterday in Maiduguri that the ruling APC structures in the state would soon collapse into the PDP, giving reasons of bad leadership, misappropriation of public funds, selfish interest and above all, segregation that characterise the government of Governor Kashim Shettima.

Sheriff was in Maiduguri in continuation of his consultations with his party supporters in preparation for his formal declaration for the PDP.

Vanguard learnt that despite the closure of the Maiduguri International Airport by the Federal Government following which governor Shettima travelled from Maiduguri to Kano by road on same day for his lesser Hajj, Sheriff landed at the airport by 1:35pm aboard 5NBH plane where he  was received by thousands of supporters including members of both the PDP and APC as well as other loyalists.

Among those in company of Sheriff were House of Representatives members including  Abdurrahaman Terab,  representing Bama, Ngala-Kalabalge Federal Constituency; Isa  Kangar, representing Guzamala, Kukawa Federal Constituency and Peter Gumtha, representing Damboa, Gwoza and Chibok Federal Constituency.